[Paracelsus] Nature Outings Reduce ADHD Symptoms (fwd)

[Guest guest]

OF course they STILL haven't figured out that IAQ is most likely the major

cause of ADD/ADHD, but fresh air reduces symptoms....ummmmmmmmmmm!

Greener routes to school but not greener buildings.....someone is getting

paid off big time.

Angel

Subject: [Paracelsus] Nature Outings Reduce ADHD Symptoms

Nature Outings Reduce ADHD Symptoms

FRIDAY, Aug. 27 (HealthDayNews) -- The great

outdoors provides great benefits to children with

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

So says a University of Illinois at

Urbana-Champaign study in the September issue of

the American Journal of Public Health.

The nationwide study of more than 400 5- to

18-year-old children with ADHD found that

spending time outdoors enjoying nature on

weekends and after school led to a significant

reduction of ADHD symptoms.

" The advantage for green outdoor activities was

observed among children living in different

regions of the United States and among children

living in a range of settings, from rural to

large city environments, " wrote study authors

Frances E. Kuo and Faber .

" Overall, our findings indicate that exposure to

ordinary natural settings in the course of common

after-school and weekend activities may be widely

effective in reducing attention deficit symptoms

in children, " the authors wrote.

These are exciting findings, said Kuo, professor

in the departments of natural resources and

environmental sciences and of psychology.

" I think we're on the track of something really

important, something that could affect a lot of

lives in a substantial way, " she said in a

prepared statement. " We're on the trail of a

potential treatment for a disorder that afflicts

one of every 14 children -- that's one or two

kids in every classroom. "

Kuo said " nature treatments " for ADHD symptoms

could be as simple as designing a greener route

to school each day for kids, building in outdoor

playtime, or making sure kids do their homework

with a view that looks out onto the natural world.

More information

The National Institute of Mental Health has more about ADHD.

SOURCE: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, news release, Aug. 27, 2004

Copyright © 2004 ScoutNews LLC. All rights reserved.

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