Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/S9oKOm2pkOw   To kill your craving for booze, butts, and beer, convene with Mother Nature in the open green space of a park on a regular basis.  This is the bottom line from British study just published in the journal Health & Place.   The investigators surveyed nearly 150 subjects to determine their exposure to green spaces either in and around their residence or during visits to parks.  The data demonstrated that passion for unhealthy food, drink, or drugs diminished as green space exposure time increased.   So we now have one more reason to hit the great outdoors on a regular basis.  If you combine such regular visits with exercise, all the better.   Leanne Martin, Sabine Pahl, Mathew P. White, Jon May. Natural environments and craving: The mediating role of negative affect. Health & Place, 2019; 58: 102160 DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.102160   #Outdoors #greenspace #overeating #drugs #alcohol