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Green space, weekly

Once a week, somewhere with trees or water, for an hour or more. Walk, fish, bike, sit.

1 hour a weekEvidence: decent

In a survey of twenty thousand people, those who spent at least two hours a week in nature reported better health and wellbeing than those who spent none, and it didn't matter whether the time came in one go or in pieces. Lab studies find lower stress measures after time among trees than after the same time on a street. Evidence: decent

Most of this is correlation, so treat the two-hour figure as a good guess, not a dose. Cheap to test on yourself.

Source: White et al., 2019, Scientific Reports (link)

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