We have blogged about how beneficial exercise is for all of us, but now a new study recommends that to "reap the full benefits" we need to be outside and particularly; THE BEACH.
Katherine Ashbullby and Dr Mathew White from the European Centre for Environment and Human Health (ECEHH), Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry and the University of Plymouth, concluded that in findings presented at the recent British Psychological Society Annual Conference in London. See http://www.pcmd.ac.uk/news.php?id=335.
They studied 2750 participants from Natural England's two year study of people's engagement with the natural environment, comparing visits to city parks, the countryside and the coast.
They found that each outside location was associated with the positive feelings of enjoyment, calmness and refreshment. They apparently controlled for age, others involved, activity and how far travelled. The coast was ranked highest and the city park lowest!
Did we need a study to learn this? Is it called a vacation?
I guess I need to write more prescriptions for a trip to he coast; and I think I will start with me!
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