Feeling good about your body is not always easy – and many of us spend our lives struggling with poor body image. But now new findings in journal Body Image have indicated that there’s actually a very simple thing we can do to improve it – and it’s as easy as getting out of the city.

Five studies were conducted by researchers at University College London, Anglia Ruskin University and Perdana University in Malaysia. In the first, students were shown pictures of fields, trees and other natural environments and of built environments – and looking at natural pictures resulted in “improved body image”. Students did not feel this boost, however, after seeing images of urban settings.

In other studies, subjects took walks – in one study Hampstead Heath, the other Primrose Hill – and, again, researchers found that being in nature resulted in “significantly higher body appreciation”. Walks in built-up settings resulted in “significantly lower scores”.

This is the simple way to improve your body image