HKU Study: Contact With Nature Once a Week Brings Clear Mental Health Benefits, With Diminishing Marginal Returns the More Often You Go

A research team led by the University of Hong Kong analysed 45 years of global academic evidence and found that a slight increase in the number or duration of weekly contacts with nature brings mental health benefits, but the more often people go, the more the level of benefit shows signs of diminishing. The study advocates starting with a walk in the park.