Running As Effective As Medication For Beating Depression, Study Finds

Researchers from Vrije University, Amsterdam, found 44 percent of people with depression and anxiety started to feel better if they spent 16 weeks going on runs, or 16 weeks taking antidepressants. PHOTO BY HANNA AURAMENKA/PEXELS 

Running is as good for beating depression as medication and leaves you fitter, according to the first study of its kind.

Researchers from Vrije University, Amsterdam, found 44 percent of people with depression and anxiety started to feel better if they spent 16 weeks going on runs, or 16 weeks taking antidepressants.