Research
The effects of green exercise on the following outcomes have been studied:
- Mood
- Stress
- Anxiety
The largest study of green exercise involved meta-analytic methodologies to analyse the results of 10 studies based on 1252 green exercise participants (Barton & Pretty, 2010). Results indicated that "the overall effect size for improved self-esteem was d = 0.46 (CI 0.34−0.59, p < 0.00001) and for mood d = 0.54 (CI 0.38−0.69, p < 0.00001). Dose responses for both intensity and duration showed large benefits from short engagements in green exercise, and then diminishing but still positive returns."
A study of brain wave patterns during green exercise found more meditative states occur when exercising in natural rather than urban settings.
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