While working people always are on a lookout to get rid of the stress related to office, a new study has found that people who regularly take walks in forests o
Spending time in green spaces may reduce workplace stress
Written by Beth JoJack on January 15, 2021 Fact checked by Alexandra Sanfins, Ph.D.
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Taking regular walks in the woods or in city parks may enhance workers’ ability to cope with stress.
The relationship was significant even after controlling for a range of factors.
The study involved more than 6,000 Japanese workers.
Work-related stress affects employees all over the globe. In 2019, the
World Health Organization (WHO) added burnout defined as a syndrome resulting from chronic workplace stress to its official compendium of diseases as an occupational phenomenon.
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NEW YORK, Jan 14 Walking in the forest or in other green spaces once a week could help boost our ability to cope with work-related stress, suggests a study from researchers in Japan.
The findings offer pause for thought at a time when many countries worldwide are studying ways of regenerating urban zones, and when urban green space has never been so widely supported.