Taking a Better Walk
The popular press encourages people to take walks to become more fit, but what physical features encourage people to walk recreationally? How can being outside during those walks, for example, improve mental health?
The popular press encourages people to take walks to become more fit, but what physical features encourage people to walk recreationally? How can being outside during those walks, for example, improve mental health?
People over 50 who garden are more satisfied with their personal lives and level of physical activity than non-gardeners.
Designers developing residences and treatment facilities for people with multiple sclerosis will find a recently completed study useful.
New research related to neighborhood design and the use of outdoor spaces by children after school has been published.
Researchers from Penn State have investigated the society-wide payoffs on investments in public parks and recreation sites.
Traffic noise is more than just annoying.
Lu investigated environmental factors both inside and around assisted living facilities that support walking by older individuals.
During a recent study, addition of new plants in indoor common areas at a residential rehabilitation center improved the self-perceived well-being of pulmonary patients.
Over the last few decades much has been written, and discussed, about the role of nature in healthcare environments (including the role of visual art with nature images). In healthcare settings, the primary focus must be that loyalty in healthcare art is not towards the Artist, or the field of the Arts, but towards the patient.
Living in a walkable neighborhood can be good for both your physical and mental health.