A new two-year study found that U.S. residents who lived near parks and recreational facilities had small increases in their leisure-time physical activities, but the relationship was stronger in more ...

Across U.S. cities, greater park accessibility is associated with higher daily physical activity far more than overall urban greenness. Readers can check the rankings of step counts across the 53 ...

The health benefits of nature are well-known, but its role in encouraging day-to-day physical activity across different regions and demographics has been less clear. This question carries new urgency ...

Parks’ proximity has a small positive effect on residents’ physical activity levels, and the effect is greater in counties with higher household incomes and larger populations of white, non-Hispanic ...