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Pilot project connects nature walks with decreased depression, anxiety
Mar 6, 2020
A walk under the serene canopy of a treed forest may be a valuable tool in the fight to improve mental health, according to local experts.
Mood Walks, a pilot project for youth ages 16 to 24, is aimed at getting young people with mental illnesses into the outdoors and promoting the link between physical and mental health benefits.
A 2015 Stanford University-led study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, found a 90-minute walk in a nature setting showed “decreased activity in a region of the brain associated with a key factor in depression.”
Click here to read the full article published in the Windsor Star.