Study Explains Why Jogging in the Park is Healthiest for Kids

Kids exposed to scenes of nature while exercising experience health-enhancing effects after activity, says study.

Sports science academics in the University's Department of Applied Sciences and Health asked kids aged 9-10 years to complete a series of 15 minute moderate intensity cycling activities - one whilst viewing a video of a forest track synced to the exercise bike and another with no visual stimulus.

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The researchers found that after the 'green exercise' the children's post-activity blood pressure was significantly lower than it was without the simulated forest environment, indicating that the nature scenes promoted positive health effects.

Data showed that the children's mean systolic blood pressure - the pressure in the arteries when the heart beats - was 97.2 mmHg a quarter of an hour after green exercise, compared with 102.7 mmHg after normal activity (over 5 per cent lower).

Lower blood pressure is normally associated with a lower risk of developing health problems, whereas high blood pressure - also known as hypertension - is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease.

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Dr Michael Duncan, lead author of the study and associate head of the Department of Applied Sciences and Health at Coventry University, said that hypertension is a chronic health problem across the world, so given the results they've seen in our study it's crucial that we continue to try to understand the role physical activity and - in particular - green exercise plays in blood pressure.

The study has been published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

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