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From: Nate B <43703496+NB419@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 21:28:22 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Create leisure.md

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+## Leisure
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+#### Various forms of leisure activities are strongly associated with physical and mental health benefits — go for a walk outside
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+*   [Pressman et al. 10](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2863117/)
+    *   Leisure activities are an important contribution to wellbeing.
+    *   These positive effects include:
+        *   lower blood pressure
+        *   lower total cortisol
+        *   shorter waist circumference
+        *   lower body mass index
+        *   better perceptions of better physical function
+    *   _“Enjoyable leisure activities, taken in the aggregate, are associated with **psychosocial and physical measures** relevant for **health and well-being**.”_