Using data from Toronto, researchers find having 10 more trees on your block has health benefits akin to $10,000 raise or being seven years younger.
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The Toronto Star
Date published:
July 13, 2015
"By comparing satellite imagery of Toronto, an inventory of trees on public land and general health surveys, the team, led by University of Chicago psychologist Marc Berman, found that people who live on a tree-lined block are less likely to report conditions such as high blood pressure, obesity, heart disease or diabetes.
Their findings appeared last week in the open-access journal Scientific Reports
The study suggests “pretty strongly” that planting 4 per cent more trees would have significant health benefits, Berman said."
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