Gut health, mental wellbeing and immunity linked to outdoor play

by Layla Tucak

A disconnection from nature can affect everything in a child from gut health and immunity, to mental health and even the way they think, recent research has revealed.

Playing in nature used to be a part of everyone’s childhood but researchers say it has become an increasingly foreign concept in Western countries with changes to the way we live, the places we live in and advances in technology.

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