Ava Williams
A cewar wani binciken da aka buga kwanan nan, mallakar kare yana ƙara yuwuwar manya na yin biyayya ga matakin motsa jiki na Hukumar Lafiya ta Duniya. An san aikin motsa jiki don rage haɗarin cututtukan zuciya, bugun jini, nau'in ciwon daji da yawa, da damuwa. Wannan binciken ya kara tabbatar da cewa mallakar kare na iya taimakawa wajen kiyaye lafiya ko da a tsufa.
Matsakaicin tafiya na yau da kullun yana sa ku dace
"Dukkanmu mun san cewa muna raguwa kaɗan yayin da muka tsufa," in ji shugaban aikin Farfesa Daniel Mills. “Ta hanyar kasancewa da ƙwazo, za mu iya inganta lafiyarmu da sauran fannonin rayuwarmu. Abubuwan da ke haifar da mafi girman matakan motsa jiki a cikin manya ba a bayyana su da kyau ba. Muna son sanin ko mallakar kare na iya inganta yanayin kiwon lafiya tsofaffi tsofaffi za su iya inganta ta hanyar haɓaka matakan aiki. "
An gudanar da binciken Jami'ar Lincoln da Glasgow Caledonian University tare da haɗin gwiwar Cibiyar Waltham don Abincin Dabbobi. A karo na farko, masu binciken sun yi amfani da mitar aiki don tattara bayanan ayyukan haƙiƙa daga mahalarta nazarin tare da ba tare da kare ba.
“Ya zama cewa masu kare tafiya fiye da minti 20 a rana, kuma wannan karin tafiya yana kan matsakaicin taki,” in ji Dokta Philippa Dall, Daraktan Bincike. “Don kasancewa cikin koshin lafiya, WHO ta ba da shawarar aƙalla mintuna 150 na motsa jiki na matsakaici-zuwa mai ƙarfi a kowane mako. Fiye da mako guda, wannan karin mintuna 20 na tafiya kowace rana zai iya da kansa ya isa ya cimma waɗannan manufofin. Sakamakonmu yana nuna gagarumin ci gaba game da aikin jiki daga tafiya da kare."
Kare a matsayin abin motsa jiki
“Binciken ya nuna cewa mallakar karnuka na iya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen zaburar da manyan mutane yin tafiya. Mun sami wata hanya ta haƙiƙa don auna ayyukan da ke aiki sosai. Muna ba da shawarar cewa bincike na gaba a wannan yanki ya haɗa da Haɗa mallakin kare da tafiya kare a matsayin muhimman al'amura," in ji Nancy Gee, mawallafin binciken. "Ko da mallakar kare ba shine abin da aka mayar da hankali kan wannan ba, yana iya zama muhimmin al'amari da bai kamata a yi watsi da shi ba."