Want to live longer, be healthier, then it is said, that you need to take more vacations or live near a large park, based on two independent studies. A vacation is linked to helping with decreasing the risk of a heart attack and with depression while helping to promote brain health, states Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies.
The U.S. Travel Association also backs these finding and states that by moving closer to a large park or green space, it improves your mental health immediately while sustaining it for a long period of time.
What are important about these studies are that urban planners in major cities in North America are looking to incorporate new green spaces to these cities, improving long-term and sustainable benefits.