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Get Thy Children To The Nearest Blue Spaces
Vidcast: https://youtu.be/J9s0Qc4AKn4
Many studies have extolled the health benefits of time spent outdoors in the green spaces of parks. Now the UK’s University of Exeter reports that children who frequented inland and coastal waterways grew up to be adults evidencing better mental health.
The researchers reviewed data from 15,000 persons living in 14 European countries and the 4 non-European localities of Hong Kong, Canada, Australia, and our own California. The subjects completed surveys to quantitate their exposures to various bodies of water as children and more recently as adults as well as their mental outlook.
Those taken to blue spaces as kids tended to continue their visits as adults. They also reported a greater level of emotional happiness.
The investigators add that bodies of water, while beneficial for developing children, present an inherent risk of drowning for non-swimmers. To make blue spaces safe for your kids, teach them to swim and maintain water safety at the earliest possible age.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0272494422001219?via%3Dihub
#bluespaces #childhood #mentalhealth #nature #swimming #drowning
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By Howard G. Smith MD, AM
Vidcast: https://youtu.be/J9s0Qc4AKn4
Many studies have extolled the health benefits of time spent outdoors in the green spaces of parks. Now the UK’s University of Exeter reports that children who frequented inland and coastal waterways grew up to be adults evidencing better mental health.
The researchers reviewed data from 15,000 persons living in 14 European countries and the 4 non-European localities of Hong Kong, Canada, Australia, and our own California. The subjects completed surveys to quantitate their exposures to various bodies of water as children and more recently as adults as well as their mental outlook.
Those taken to blue spaces as kids tended to continue their visits as adults. They also reported a greater level of emotional happiness.
The investigators add that bodies of water, while beneficial for developing children, present an inherent risk of drowning for non-swimmers. To make blue spaces safe for your kids, teach them to swim and maintain water safety at the earliest possible age.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0272494422001219?via%3Dihub
#bluespaces #childhood #mentalhealth #nature #swimming #drowning