Community gardeners eat more vegetables , exercise more, weigh less and feel healthier than non-gardeners - and even gardeners at home - in the Denver-metro area, researchers found
Community gardens are divided plots. Plots grow where people vegetables, herbs and flowers.
per day, compared with 4.6 servings for home gardeners consume an average of 5.7 servings of fruits and vegetables Community Gardener Denver area and 3.9 servings of non-gardeners.
And the average body mass index for the community gardeners is 24.2, compared with 27.2 for non-gardeners. A BMI of 25 or higher has been used to measure in order to assert that a person is overweight.
The research team includes Jill Litt, assistant professor in the Environmental Studies Program CU. The results were published in the journals " Social Sciences and Medicine " and " The American Journal of Public Health ."
The study published found that community gardeners tend more to the feeling and to protect their neighborhoods. And community gardeners employs 720 minutes per week of moderate to vigorous exercise, compared with 570 minutes per week for non-gardeners.
On Kerr Community Garden, rich plots of $ 48 to $ 183, depending on size, and reduced rates are on low-income gardeners .
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