How Pets Impact Your Physical and Mental Health

If you’re a Pet Parent, we don’t need to spend any time convincing you that your pet positively affects your emotions. But that’s not just your opinion. Research on the topic has shown that pets can help us achieve better long-term physical and mental health. To help us understand why, we invited ABC News contributor, Dr. Darien Sutton, to talk about his own experiences as well as the studies on ways that pets affect the emotional well-being of their parents.