Ava Williams
Ngokocwaningo olusanda kunyatheliswa, ukuba nenja kwandisa amathuba okuba abantu abadala asebekhulile bahambisane nezinga elituswa yi-World Health Organization lokuzivivinya. Ukuzivivinya umzimba kwaziwa kunciphisa ingozi yesifo senhliziyo, unhlangothi, izinhlobo eziningi zomdlavuza, nokudangala. Lolu cwaningo luwubufakazi obengeziwe bokuthi ukuba nenja kungaba nomthelela ekugcineni impilo noma usukhulile.
Ukuhamba ngezinyawo okulingene nsuku zonke kukugcina uphilile
“Sonke siyazi ukuthi siyehlisa ijubane njengoba sikhula,” kusho umholi wohlelo uProfesa Daniel Mills. “Ngokuhlala simatasa, singathuthukisa impilo yethu nezinye izici zekhwalithi yethu yokuphila. Izici eziholela emazingeni amakhulu okusebenza komzimba kubantu abadala azicaciswanga kahle. Besifuna ukwazi ukuthi ukuba nenja kungase kuthuthukise isimo sezempilo abantu abadala asebekhulile abangathuthuka ngokwandisa amazinga omsebenzi.”
Ucwaningo lweNyuvesi yaseLincoln kanye neGlasgow Caledonian University lwenziwa ngokubambisana ne-Waltham Center for Pet Nutrition. Ngokokuqala ngqa, abacwaningi basebenzise imitha yomsebenzi ukuze baqoqe idatha yomsebenzi ohlosiwe kubahlanganyeli bocwaningo abanenja nangaphandle kwayo.
“Kuvele ukuthi abanikazi bezinja hamba imizuzu engama-20 ngaphezulu ngosuku, nokuthi ukuhamba okwengeziwe kuhamba ngesivinini esilinganiselwe,” kusho uDkt. Philippa Dall, uMqondisi Wocwaningo. “Ukuze uhlale unempilo enhle, i-WHO itusa ukuba okungenani ube nemizuzu engu-150 yokuzivivinya okusesilinganisweni ukuya konamandla ngesonto. Esikhathini esingangesonto, leyo mizuzu engu-20 eyengeziwe yokuhamba usuku ngalunye ngokwayo inganele ukuhlangabezana nalezi zinhloso. Imiphumela yethu ibonisa ukuthuthuka Okuphawulekayo mayelana nokuvivinya umzimba kusukela ekuhambiseni inja.”
Inja njengomgqugquzeli
“Ucwaningo luveza ukuthi ukuba nezinja kungabamba iqhaza elikhulu ekugqugquzeleni abantu abadala ukuthi bahambe. Sithole indlela eqondile yokukala umsebenzi osebenze kahle kakhulu. Sincoma ukuthi ucwaningo lwangomuso kule ndawo lufake phakathi ubunikazi bezinja kanye nokuhamba kwezinja njengezici ezibalulekile,” kuchaza uNancy Gee, omunye umbhali wocwaningo. “Ngisho ubunikazi bezinja bungagxili kulokhu, kungaba yinto ebalulekile okungafanele ishaywe indiva.”