Allotment gardeners reap healthy rewards

Tuesday, November 23, 2010 - 12:01 in Health & Medicine

People who have an allotment, especially those aged over 60, tend to be significantly healthier than those who do not. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Environmental Health have shown that the small gardens were associated with increased levels of physical activity at all ages, and improved health and well-being in more elderly people...

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