How looking at photos of nature boosts body image

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We know that being in nature helps our wellbeing and new research now suggests it might also boost our body image. Researchers say even if you can’t get to the countryside or a park – just looking at photographs of nature seems to have the same effect. Professor Viren Swami from Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, wanted to see how much nature influences how we feel about our bodies. (Image: Spring forest with sun, Credit: Getty Images.)