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These authors contributed equally to this work.What are the main findings?Highly functioning adults with a sedentary lifestyle benefit physically and mentally from forest therapy and mountain hiking.Women predominantly benefited highly from mountain hiking regarding hemopoietic system and aerobic capacity. Both genders profited mentally from contact with nature.What is the implication of the main finding?Forest therapy and mountain hiking could be safe and health-promoting interventions for high-functioning adults with a sedentary lifestyle and could be applied in primary prevention as well as in secondary prevention.