What is the Best Dose of Nature and Green Exercise for Improving Mental Health? A Multi-Study Analysis.
- Author(s): Jo Barton and Jules Pretty
- Organization: Environmental Science and Technology http://pubs.acs.org/journal/esthag
- Date Published: December 31, 2010
“Green exercise is activity in the presence of nature. Evidence shows it leads to positive short and long-term health outcomes. This multistudy analysis assessed the best regime of dose(s) of acute exposure to green exercise required to improve self-esteem and mood (indicators of mental health).”
What is the Relationship between Risky Outdoor Play and Health in Children: A systematic review
- Author(s): Mariana Brussoni et all
- Organization: Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health
- Date Published: July 1, 2015
Risky outdoor play has been associated with promoting children’s health and development, but also with injury and death. Risky outdoor play has diminished over time, concurrent with increasing concerns regarding child safety and emphasis on injury prevention. The authors sought to conduct a systematic review to examine the relationship between risky outdoor play and health in children, in order to inform the debate regarding its benefits and harms.
Young Children’s Relationship with Nature: Its Importance to Children’s Development & the Earth’s Future
- Author(s): Randy White
- Organization: White Hutchinson Leisure and Learning Group
- Date Published: January 3, 2004
With children’s access to the outdoors and the natural world becoming increasingly limited or nonexistent, child care, kindergarten and schools, where children spend 40 to 50 hours per week, may be mankind’s last opportunity to reconnect children with the natural world and create a future generation that values and preserves nature.” This article defines the concept of naturalization of playgrounds and their benefits.
http://www.whitehutchinson.com/children/articles/childrennature.shtml
Your Brain on Nature
- Author(s): Eva Selhub and Alan Logan
- Organization: Publisher: Wiley, Mississauga, Ont http://ca.wiley.com/
- Date Published: December 31, 2012
In Your Brain On Nature (Wiley, 2012), Harvard physician Eva M. Selhub and naturopath Alan C. Logan explore the scientific discoveries related to the way in which nature immersion and deprivation can work for or against us in our health and well-being. They also examine the ways in which a contemporary disconnection from nature, driven in part by screen-based gadgetry technology, may be shaping broad environmental attitudes and diminishing legitimate pro-environmental efforts.
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