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Green exercise refers to physical exercise undertaken in natural environments. Physical exercise is well known to provide physical and psychological health benefits. There is also good evidence that viewing, being in, and interacting with natural environments has positive effects, reducing stress and increasing the ability to cope with stress, reducing mental fatigue and improving concentration and cognitive function.〔Kaplan R & Kaplan S (1989). (The Experience of nature: a psychological perspective )" New York: Cambridge University Press〕 The concept of Green exercise has therefore grown out of well-established areas such as the attention restoration theory within environmental psychology which have tended to focus on the psychological and physical effects of viewing nature (e.g., see the work of Kaplan and Ulrich) and well-recognised work about the psychological benefits of physical exercise. The potential role of green exercise in physical and mental health (e.g., due to nature-deficit disorder) attracted increasing attention from the early twenty-first century, particularly through the research work of Jules Pretty and Jo Barton at the University of Essex.〔〔Neill, J. T. (2009). ''(Green exercise: The psychological effects of exercising in nature )''. Presentation to the (Annual Outdoor Recreation Industry Council Conference, August 15-16, Sydney ).〕 and several funded programs (see examples). Research has involved participants from many different cohorts including adults, young people and vulnerable groups such as those with mental illness (see research). ==Theory== Green exercise can be usefully considered from a number of theoretical perspectives including: * Exercise psychology * biophilia and evolutionary psychology * Environmental psychology theories, such as attention restoration theory 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Green exercise」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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