{"id":2774,"date":"2009-10-16T10:15:42","date_gmt":"2009-10-16T14:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2009\/10\/nature-makes-healthy.html"},"modified":"2013-08-13T07:00:34","modified_gmt":"2013-08-13T11:00:34","slug":"nature-makes-healthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2009\/10\/nature-makes-healthy.html","title":{"rendered":"Nature Makes Healthy"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/4003644986\/\" title=\"Wide base by faul, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2675\/4003644986_f4dbcc4169_m.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" alt=\"Wide base\" \/><\/a>\r\nSomething to consider when planning development:\r\n<blockquote>\r\nThe closer you live to nature, the healthier you&#8217;re likely to be.\r\n<p>\r\nFor instance, people who live within 1 kilometer (.6 miles) of a park or wooded area experience less anxiety and depression, Dutch researchers report.\r\n<p>\r\nThe findings put concrete numbers on a concept that many health experts had assumed to be true.\r\n<p>\r\n&#8220;It&#8217;s nice to see that it shows that, that the closer humans are to the natural environment, that seems to have a healthy influence,&#8221; said Dr. David Rakel, director of integrative medicine and assistant professor of family medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\nThat&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/health\/2009-10-15-nature-anxiety-exercise_N.htm?csp=usat.me\">Amanda Gardner, writing in USA Today.<\/a>\r\nA few other points:\r\n<blockquote>\r\nChildren and poor people suffered disproportionately from lack of green acres, the researchers found.\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\nAnd what affects the most vulnerable affects all:\r\n<blockquote>\r\nMore green space may also be a way for whole communities to become healthier.\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\nThe cypress pictured is much like those in the swamp on Val Del Road that the county let a developer cut down last year.\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Something to consider when planning development: The closer you live to nature, the healthier you&#8217;re likely to be. 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