Sentences with phrase «than the average adult»

Senior dogs and inactive lap dogs need considerably less calories than the average adult dog.

For example, unmarried Hispanic Millennials are more likely than the average adult to say they intend to get a dog or cat.

Although protein requirements for athletes are higher than the average adult, attention should still be paid to timing and portion sizes.

However, many may not know that pregnant women require even more fluid intake than an average adult does.

On the other hand, kids are smaller and lighter than the average adult, so what kind of support, materials, and (let's be frank) price is appropriate?

Studies show teens use more personal care products than the average adult, at a time when their bodies are still developing.

Dogs used for showing, hunting, breeding, or rigorous activity may need more nutrition than the average adult diet and be fed a little more.

Research shows that due to a lack of experience behind the wheel, young drivers get into more accidents than the average adult, which puts young drivers into a higher risk category.

Kittens and older felines sleep more than an average adult cat.

If your teen seems a little stressed, she might be more likely to be cranky or irritable than the average adult.

@spiceyokooko - withholding a vote from someone based on their age without any actual test of maturity seems a lot worse discrimination to me than granting someone an extra vote if they have more maturity than an average adult genius who tends to vote for taller, better looking candidates.

Most symptoms of health problems caused by PAHs reveal themselves in the flesh, but studies have suggested that mothers who are exposed to PAHs during pregnancy give birth to smaller than average babies, who become shorter than average adults.

Not only may senior dogs have a higher protein requirement because they can simply not digest and metabolize it as efficiently as younger dogs anymore and need to make up for that by increased intake, but a study also found a higher mortality rate after three years in senior dogs fed a diet lower in protein than the average adult food compared to those fed a diet higher in protein.

Specifically, they need about 20 percent fewer calories than the average adult dog [source: National Academies].

Dogs with health conditions, such as diabetes, obesity, anal sac disorders, pancreatitis, kidney disease and other problems, may have different nutritional requirements than average adult dogs.

Our senior labs often require more vetting than our average adult labs plus treatment for geriatric illnesses.

The life - size stone masks from 1928 and» 29, are placed, tantalisingly, just a little further up a wall than an average adult's comfortable reach.

The study conducted by Target Training International found that the one trait that serial entrepreneurs excelled in more than the average adult was the skill of persuasion.

In 1998, however, a meta - analysis in Psychological Bulletin found that most victims of pedophilia turned out only «slightly less well adjusted» than the average adult, with the probability of maladjustment being influenced by the degree of physical force or coercion present in pedophilic encounters.