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Children in Green Neighborhoods Show Better Neurodevelopmental Outcomes

MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, JUL 22 – Exposure to green spaces during pregnancy and early childhood lowers neurodevelopmental disorder risks by up to 20% among urban, socioeconomically disadvantaged children, Rutgers researchers found.

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Living near green spaces before and during pregnancy as well as in early childhood is associated with a reduced risk of neurodevelopmental disorders, according to Rutgers Health researchers.

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Although it is the last chapter of a series dedicated to the factors that are required for a healthy and full childhood, nature is not the least important of them, although it is often overlooked or considered a luxury. Contact with the land, animals and other natural elements improves the composition of the microbiome, that huge set of bacteria and other microorganisms that we have distributed by our body (the main portion is in the intestine) …

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Medical Xpress broke the news in on Tuesday, July 22, 2025.
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