Living on tree-lined streets has health benefits, study finds

" By comparing satellite imagery of Toronto, an inventory of trees on public land and general health surveys, the team, led by University of Chicago psychologist Marc Berman, found that people who live on a tree-lined block are less likely to report conditions such as high blood pressure, obesity, heart disease or diabetes.

Their findings appeared last week in the open-access journal Scientific Reports

The study suggests “pretty strongly” that planting 4 per cent more trees would have significant health benefits, Berman said."