Contact With Nature Linked to Healthier Eating, Study Finds

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorResearchers at Anglia Ruskin University surveyed five hundred UK adults and found that more contact with nature was linked to healthier eating habits, Good News Network reports.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo the answer to a bad diet is a hedge.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe study measured how much people noticed nature, and how often and how long they spent in it. The eating style is called intuitive eating.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorIntuitive eating. Listening to your body instead of rules. My body says biscuits, Hank, and it's been very clear about that for the last decade.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe researchers think nature builds self-compassion, which may stop people eating on impulse when they feel bad.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSelf-compassion. That explains why I'm fine. I have none, and I've never once been near a meadow.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFresh air. Fixes dinner.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorHere's my theory.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorEveryone calm, nobody buys the large fries, the drive-throughs shut, and the high street's just a hedge. I'd be surrounded.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe lead author says it's self-reported data and other countries need studying. Dale, that's a lot of meadows.

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