By George Obua | Project Leader
Spending time at the natural environment – a healthy body
Taken as a whole, the studies conducted by Kole Intellectual Forum through Googleallsearch Engine, book work and physical research, confirm that spending time in nature is part of a ‘balanced diet’ of childhood experiences that to promote children’s healthy development, well-being and positive environmental attitudes and values. The findings are summarized as recorded below.
• Spending time in natural environments as a child is associated with adult pro-environment attitudes and feelings of being connected with the natural world, and is also associated with a stronger sense of place.
• Living near to green spaces is associated with greater physical activity.
• Spending time in nearby nature leads to improvements in mental health and emotional regulation, both for specific groups of children (such as those with ADHD) and for children as a whole.
• Children who take part in school gardening projects improve in scientific learning more than those who do not, and have healthier eating habits.
• Experience of green environments is associated with greater environmental knowledge.
• Play in natural environments leads to improvements in motor fitness for all sorts of human being.
By Aaron Ogwal | Project Leader
By Aaron Ogwal | Project Leader
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