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Area of Science:

  • Environmental Health
  • Public Health
  • Women's Health

Background:

  • Growing evidence links nature proximity to improved health and well-being.
  • Research gaps exist regarding nature's impact on sleep and obesity, especially in women.
  • Understanding these associations is crucial for targeted public health interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between distance to natural spaces and women's physical activity, sleep quality, and adiposity.
  • To assess how accessibility to green and blue spaces influences health outcomes in adult women.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized geographic information system (GIS) methods to assess green and blue space accessibility.
  • Employed ActiGraph accelerometers (wGT3X-BT) for measuring physical activity and sleep parameters.
  • Assessed body composition using octopolar bioimpedance (InBody 720) and analyzed data with nonlinear canonical correlation analysis.

Main Results:

  • Women residing closer to green spaces exhibited reduced obesity and intra-abdominal adiposity.
  • A shorter distance to green spaces correlated with improved sleep onset latency.
  • No significant relationship was found between physical activity levels and sleep duration.
  • Distance to blue spaces showed no association with the analyzed health indicators.

Conclusions:

  • Proximity to urban green spaces offers significant benefits for women's health, specifically in reducing obesity and improving sleep initiation.
  • While green space access positively impacts certain health metrics, its influence on physical activity and overall sleep duration requires further investigation.
  • Blue spaces did not demonstrate a measurable impact on the health indicators studied, suggesting a differential effect of natural environments.