good, and 65% rated their well-being as “high.” Of people who’d logged no nature time, 68% rated their health as good, and 56% reported high well-being.
“What’s interesting about this study is that it’s getting at ‘dosage,'” Wolf said. “It’s not just, ‘spend time outdoors.'”
Like all such surveys, she noted, the study has limitations. Even though the researchers tried to account for other variables, it’s always possible there are explanations for the findings.
Still, Wolf said, many other studies have suggested that time spent in nature does the body and mind good.
A 2018 review of 140 studies found that, on average, people who regularly spent time in, or lived close to, green spaces had lower blood pressure, heart rate and
