Click To Call A study conducted at the University of Illinois shows that children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) demonstrate greater attention after a 20-minute walk in a park than after a similar walk in a downtown area or a residential neighborhood.
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Children With ADHD: Research Shows A Walk In The Park Improves Attention


Posted on Oct 28, 2008

During the walks, all of the children were unmedicated - those of the participants who normally took medications to control their Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptoms stayed off their medications on the days of the walks. Interestingly, Faber Taylor and Kuo, child environment and behavior researchers, found that a "dose of nature" may be as helpful - at least for a while - as a dose of stimulants.

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