Increased exposure to green spaces during childhood could improve lung function

Children with increased exposure to nature during childhood had improved lung function in later life, according to study findings published in European Respiratory Journal.

“We found that living in greener neighborhoods as children grow up is more important for their breathing than living in a green area when they were born,” Diogo Queiroz Almeida, MD,PhD candidate in the department of public health and forensic sciences and medical education at the Institute of Public Health, University of Porto, Portugal, said in a press release. “This may be because babies spend much less time outdoors than children.”
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