Carawou@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agoTIL owning a dog was associated with a 24% lower risk of dying from ALL CAUSES over the course of 10 yearswww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up1339arrow-down19
arrow-up1330arrow-down1external-linkTIL owning a dog was associated with a 24% lower risk of dying from ALL CAUSES over the course of 10 yearswww.nytimes.comCarawou@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agomessage-square77fedilink
minus-squareCatoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up62·22 days agoI bet it’s a mix of walking more and them making you happier.
minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47·22 days agoI bet is all the assassins the dog repeal everyday without the owner knowing
minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 days agoIs that what she was barking at? Now I’m sorry I told her to shut up
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down6·22 days agoI bet it’s a mix of being younger and having more money.
minus-squareCethin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·22 days agoYeah, as the other comment says, these are almost always correlations, not causations. Poor people are almost certainly less likely to own a dog. I’m sure the exercise helps, but I’d bet on it not being the largest factor.
minus-square[object Object]@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 days agoSome people also just hold on to life until their dog dies of old age.
I bet it’s a mix of walking more and them making you happier.
I bet is all the assassins the dog repeal everyday without the owner knowing
Is that what she was barking at? Now I’m sorry I told her to shut up
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I bet it’s a mix of being younger and having more money.
Yeah, as the other comment says, these are almost always correlations, not causations. Poor people are almost certainly less likely to own a dog. I’m sure the exercise helps, but I’d bet on it not being the largest factor.
Some people also just hold on to life until their dog dies of old age.