Nature Prescriptions Found to Reduce Blood Pressure, Lower Depression and Anxiety

Nature Prescriptions Found to Reduce Blood Pressure, Lower Depression and Anxiety
Taking time every day to step away from glowing screens allows a chance to breathe fresh air, take in the sounds and smells of nature, and reset. Shutterstock
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A new study of international evidence for “nature prescriptions”—a recommendation to spend time in nature—has found that spending time in green spaces such as forests, gardens, parks, and meadows can heal high blood pressure, depression and anxiety, and insomnia.

Published on April 5 in the Lancet Planetary Health, the systematic review and meta-analysis led by Professor Xiaoqi Feng from the University of New South Wales Medicine & Health and Prof. Thomas Astell-Burt from the University of Wollongong assessed 92 international studies that tested nature prescriptions in patients.
Jessie Zhang
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Jessie Zhang is a reporter based in Sydney, Australia, covering news on health and science.
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