WALKING IN SNOW IMPROVES YOUR BODY IMAGE

An international team of researchers has found that spending time outdoors in snowy surroundings can improve how people feel about their own body. While previous studies have found that green spaces, such as parks and forests, and blue areas, such as lakes and rivers, can improve body image, the new report is one of the first to link “white spaces” to body self-image. The researchers sent 87 women in small groups out into a snowy woodland. Each participant completed a measure of their body appreciation before and after the walk. The study found that spending a short amount of time in a snowy landscape, in this case around 40 minutes, had the power to boost a person’s appreciation of their own body.
* Well, of course. You come inside and throw off 10 pounds of winter coats and hats and mittens and boots and long underwear and of course you’re going to feel thinner.
* It also helps if you make a really fat snowman and take a selfie next to it.
* Not to mention the two or three pounds you lose being chased by a moose.
* This just in: International researchers have run out of things to research.