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By health 24
Living near a park, forest or other green space may protect your children’s mental health later in life, a Danish study suggests.
Children who grow up in these natural surroundings have up to a 55% lower risk of developing a mental disorder as an adult, researchers found.
Ensuring access to green space and enhancing opportunities for a diverse range of uses, especially in densifying urban environments, could be an important tool for managing and minimizing the global burden of disease increasingly dominated by psychiatric disorders.
The natural world appears to benefit both the body and the mind in growing children…Read more>>
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