Height and weight of the child depends on the green spaces in the city

Accommodation in nature or in a city with lots of greenery around a direct impact on the height and weight of children born here. That is the conclusion drawn by researchers from Ben-Gurion University in Israel.

Pregnancy and ecology

It has long been known that health living in the country is more useful than the "concrete jungle". but Israeli scientists have found a direct link between the amount of greenery that It surrounds the future mother during pregnancy, and the size of her baby. Under the phrase "the number of green" refers to all open green spaces, including meadows and forests, and urban spaces.

Tracing 40 thousand births in Tel Aviv, the researchers found out exactly what the distance from the green affects the performance of the spaces growth baby weight . So, for kids born larger, their mothers to live no more than 300 meters from the green, and the area green spaces   It should be no less than 5000 square meters.

It is taken into account not only traditional meadows and forests, which are outside the city, but the city's parks gardens and cemeteries, which are completely or partially surrounded by greenery trees and grass. Any such greens significantly affects the increase weight and height of the child As well as reducing the risk of children born underweight.

Note that green spaces   absorb harmful emissions into the atmosphere and release pure oxygen. That is why experts believe that the area of ​​urban parks, gardens and a number of trees in cities need to constantly gustanaselennyh increase. (READ MORE)

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