Study: Outdoor Exercise Promotes Energy, Happiness for Middle-Aged Women

If you're a middle-aged woman and you've resolved to exercise more in 2015, researchers have a recommendation for you: head outdoors.

A small Canadian study found that women in their 50s and 60s who exercised outdoors exercised for longer and seemed to be happier than those who exercised indoors. The outdoor exercisers also showed a decrease in depressive symptoms and increased activity levels outside of the exercise sessions. The study's control group of women who exercised indoors didn't see a change in their general activity levels.

The study's senior author said that similar results have been shown in studies involving younger women.

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