Background Epidemiological studies on green space and health have relied almost
exclusively on cross-sectional designs, restricting understanding on how this relationship …

Background The aim of this study was to investigate whether physical activity (in general,
and more specifically, walking and cycling during leisure time and for commuting purposes …

Background There is mounting international evidence that exposure to green environments
is associated with health benefits, including lower mortality rates. Consequently, it has been …

Background The epidemiological evidence on green spaces and obesity is inconsistent.
Objectives To study the association of access to green spaces and surrounding greenness …

Objectives: To determine the association between the percentage of greenspace in an area
and the standardised rate of self-reported “not good” health, and to explore whether this …

Greenspace in urban areas may have greater protective health effects than elsewhere.
Urban dwellers experience more environmental harmful exposures, attentional demands …

Background The potential for natural environments to be salutogenic has received growing
interest from epidemiologists, but there has been no critical examination of the extent to …

Green spaces are associated with improved health, but little is known about mechanisms
underlying such association. We aimed to assess the association between greenness …

Parks and green space areas are important to human health for psychological and
physiological reasons. There have been few evaluations of access to green space on …

Urban green space, or natural environments, are associated with multiple physical and
mental health outcomes. Several proposed pathways of action for these benefits (eg, stress …