Access to nature reduces depression and obesity, finds European study | Society | The Guardian

Access to nature reduces depression and obesity, finds European study | Society | The Guardian

“The evidence is strong and growing that people and communities can only thrive when they have access to nature,” said Robbie Blake, a nature campaigner for Friends of the Earth Europe, which commissioned the analysis......“We all need nature in our lives, it gives us freedom and helps us live healthily; yet deprived communities are routinely cut off from nature in their surroundings and it is suffocating for their well-being.”