What is the best dose of nature and green exercise for improving mental health? A multi-study analysis.

By J. Barton, J. Pretty. Environmental Science and Technology, 2010

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Subfields: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Speech and Hearing

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The effect of contact with natural environments on positive and negative affect: A meta-analysis (2015, background): “…Davis, & Gärling, 2003), decreased blood pressure (Lee, Park, Tsunetsugu, Kagawa, & Miyazaki, 2009; Ulrich et al., 1991), increased self-esteem (Barton & Pretty, 2010; Wells & Evans, 2003), and greater emotional well-being (Mayer, Frantz, Bruehlman-Senecal, & Dolliver, 2009; Nisbet & Zelenski,…”
Where to put your best foot forward: Psycho-physiological responses to walking in natural and urban environments (2016, background): “…can result in better affective outcomes measured through self-reported mood scales (Bowler et al., 2010; Lee et al., 2011; Tsunetsugu et al., 2013; Tyrväinen et al., 2014), perhaps more so when the natural environment contains water, such as a river, lake or coast (Barton & Pretty, 2010).”
Attentional focus in endurance activity: new paradigms and future directions (2014, background): “These outcomes may be magnified by exercising in a natural or ‘green’ outdoor setting (e.g. Barton & Pretty, 2010; Blanchard, Rodgers, & Gauvin, 2004; Butryn & Furst, 2003; Harte & Eifert, 1995; 112 N. Brick et al. International R eview of Sport and E xercise P sychology 113 LaCaille et al., 2004).”
The Consumption of a Finite Planet: Well-Being, Convergence, Divergence and the Nascent Green Economy (2013, background): “…planning to encourage more physical activity, changes to schooling to promote green education, promotion of green care and therapies, and the regular undertaking of a “dose of nature” (Louv 2005; Orr 2006; Fuller et al. 2007; Hine et al. 2008; Barton and Pretty 2010; Haubenhofer et al. 2010).”
Recent advances in the valuation of ecosystem services and biodiversity (2012, background): “C . on A pril 11, 2013 http://oxrep.oxfordjournals.org/ D ow nloaded from leading for example to increases in physical exercise, which affect both physical and mental health (Pretty et al., 2007; Barton and Pretty, 2010).”
Exploring connections among nature, biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human health and well-being: Opportunities to enhance health and biodiversity conservation ☆ (2015, background): “Similarly, a recent meta-analysis assessed changes in mental health before and after short-term exposure to facilitated outdoor exercise (Barton and Pretty, 2010) and determined that exercise in green places improved both self-esteem and mood.”
The rarity of direct experiences of nature in an urban population (2017, positive): “Indeed, attention restoration and self-esteem have been found to increase in as little as five minutes spent outside (Barton & Pretty, 2010), suggesting that access to nature at work can promote significant gains towards improving office health and productivity (Largo-Wight, Chen, Dodd, & Weiler,…”
A dose of nature: Two three-level meta-analyses of the beneficial effects of exposure to nature on children's self-regulation (2019, methodology): “In adolescents and adults these interventions seem to be effective in increasing self-regulation (e.g., Barton & Pretty, 2010; Gustafsson, Szczepanski, Nelson, & Gustafsson, 2012; Wilson & Lipsey, 2000).”
A systematic review of evidence for the added benefits to health of exposure to natural environments (2010, background): “combined data from a range of different green exercise programs found consistent positive benefits [12].”