White, a senior lecturer at the University of Exeter Medical School, in England.
Most people in the study got their outdoor time within two miles of home. So a trip to the local park or other “green space” will suffice.
“Get out in nature for two hours a week — it doesn’t matter where,” White said. And, he added, it doesn’t have to be two hours in one go.
That’s an important message for people who think they don’t have the time or resources for getting out into nature, according to Kathleen Wolf, a researcher at the University of Washington College of the Environment, in Seattle.
“In the U.S., I think, there’s often a belief that to get out into nature, you have to travel to a national park,” said Wolf, who
