"If the view outside your home is picture-perfect, you’re more likely to be the picture of health. A study in Great Britain found that even taking into account poverty and a host of other factors, people in prettier locations report being healthier.
Chanuki Seresinhe, a graduate student at the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom, explains that the question of whether living in picturesque surroundings is good for your health “seems to come up again and again.” A study in Toronto, for
example, found a link between residents’ self-reported health and the number of trees in their neighborhoods.
To further understand the relationship between green spaces and pretty spaces, Seresinhe did a pixel-by-pixel analysis of the colors in some Scenic-or-Not photos. “We discovered that the most scenic photos do not contain the highest proportion of the color green,” she says. “Instead, very scenic photos also tend to contain large proportions of gray, brown and blue—perhaps corresponding to mountains or lakes.” Unscenic photos could also contain green, but unsightly manmade objects might have brought down their scores." Discover
Chanuki Seresinhe, a graduate student at the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom, explains that the question of whether living in picturesque surroundings is good for your health “seems to come up again and again.” A study in Toronto, for
To further understand the relationship between green spaces and pretty spaces, Seresinhe did a pixel-by-pixel analysis of the colors in some Scenic-or-Not photos. “We discovered that the most scenic photos do not contain the highest proportion of the color green,” she says. “Instead, very scenic photos also tend to contain large proportions of gray, brown and blue—perhaps corresponding to mountains or lakes.” Unscenic photos could also contain green, but unsightly manmade objects might have brought down their scores." Discover
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest ....be in health,
3 John 1:2
