Forest exercise reduces risk of cardiovascular disease by 4.7%

I know that forests have healing effects, but

I heard it reduces the incidence of cardiovascular disease too...

Once the heat subsides, I should go hiking with the kids often.

When I'm at home with the kids, all we do is watch TV and bicker...

Taking care of my health and spending quality time with my family... haha

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Kangbuk Samsung Hospital Announces Effectiveness of Forest Exercise-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation Program
Korea Forest Research Institute: “Establishing Customized Supply System for Forest Healing and Expanding Usage Opportunities”

A scene of a forest healing experience. (Courtesy of the National Institute of Forest Science, Korea Forest Service)/News1

(Daejeon·Chungnam = News1) Reporter Park Chan-soo = A research team at Kangbuk Samsung Hospital has attracted attention by releasing research results stating that "forest exercise reduces the absolute risk of developing cardiovascular disease by an average of 4.7%."

According to the National Institute of Forest Science (Director Bae Jae-soo) of the Korea Forest Service on the 1st, a seminar for experts was recently held to identify the effects of forest healing from a medical perspective and the direction of research.

At the seminar on this day, the research team led by Lee Jong-young of the Department of Cardiology at Kangbuk Samsung Hospital presented a forest exercise-based intensive cardiac rehabilitation program for middle-aged patients at high cardiovascular risk. Intensive  Cardiac  Rehabilitation , ICR ) announced the development and effects.

The research team stated, "Based on the American College of Sports Medicine's exercise prescription guidelines, we analyzed exercise intensity according to forest trail terrain and applied it to the program. As a result, forest exercise reduced the absolute risk of developing cardiovascular disease by an average of 4.7%."

Professor Lee Jong-young of the Department of Cardiology at Kangbuk Samsung Hospital stated, “This study confirmed that forest exercise can be safely utilized for the prevention and rehabilitation of cardiovascular diseases,” and suggested, “To revitalize forest healing, it is necessary to establish a network for disease recovery and prevention linking forest healing facilities and medical institutions, and to specialize programs based on clinical research.”

Lee Yeon-hee, a researcher at the Forest Human Services Research Division of the National Institute of Forest Science, stated, “Accessibility is a critical issue for the expansion of forest healing,” adding, “We will strive to expand opportunities for utilizing forest healing by establishing a customized supply system tailored to the needs and characteristics of users and identifying potential demand linked to other fields.”