Prescription for health: 10+ trees per block

A large study has found that urban neighborhoods filled with trees are better for your physical health and your perception of health. Using a dataset of some 530,000 public urban trees in Toronto and the health records of 30,000 Toronto residents, researchers at the University of Chicago found a beneficial effect on individuals ’ health and their perception of health when there were more trees in the neighborhood. Marc Berman, a co-author of the study and a psychologist at the University of Chicago, noted, “Controlling for income, age and education, we found a significant independent effect of trees on the street on he alth.
Source: Dental Abstracts - Category: Dentistry Tags: Extracts Source Type: research