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. 2021 May 19:8:646081.
doi: 10.3389/fvets.2021.646081. eCollection 2021.

Animal-Assisted Intervention: A Promising Approach to Obesity Prevention for Youth With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Aviva Must  1 , Christina M Mulé  2   3 , Deborah E Linder  4 , Sean B Cash  5 , Sara C Folta  5
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Animal-Assisted Intervention: A Promising Approach to Obesity Prevention for Youth With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Aviva Must et al. Front Vet Sci. .
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Keywords: animal-assisted intervention; autism spectrum disorder; human-animal bond; human-animal interaction; obesity.

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Conflict of interest statement

DL was a faculty advisor for a Pet Partner community partner group at Tufts University. The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to publish the results. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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