Effect of residential relocation on environmental exposures in European cohorts: An exposome-wide approach

Changes in Air Pollution Exposure after Residential Relocation and Body Mass Index in Children and Adolescents: A Natural Experiment Study

“…Besides, we found that moving to similar air pollution areas was associated with decreases in zBMI. In our sample, the majority moved to similar air pollution areas, and a lower proportion moved to less/more polluted areas, as also seen in other European cohorts (Saucy et al, 2023). Also, it might be that these areas with similar air pollution levels are greener, more walkable and with greater availability of play areas for children.…”

“…However, in our study we did not find a greater effect on weight among the more deprived. The confounding role of socioeconomic status in the relation between air pollution and health outcomes is still unclear in Europe (Hajat et al, 2015;Saucy et al, 2023), where more deprived areas do not necessarily mean that these are also more polluted, as seen in the US (Hajat et al, 2015), for example. Is it important to consider the confounding effect of socioeconomic status when investigating the relation between air pollution and health, since it may affect individual exposure mitigation resources/capabilities, besides being a predictor of residential relocation in Europe (Saucy et al, 2023).…”

“…The confounding role of socioeconomic status in the relation between air pollution and health outcomes is still unclear in Europe (Hajat et al, 2015;Saucy et al, 2023), where more deprived areas do not necessarily mean that these are also more polluted, as seen in the US (Hajat et al, 2015), for example. Is it important to consider the confounding effect of socioeconomic status when investigating the relation between air pollution and health, since it may affect individual exposure mitigation resources/capabilities, besides being a predictor of residential relocation in Europe (Saucy et al, 2023). Besides, the degree of exposure to air pollution and the impact of the built environment on one's health may deepen health disparities, inequality and economic development of societies (Hajat et al, 2015).…”

“…Children who move, for example, to more walkable and safe neighborhoods, may have changed their physical activity habits. Many are the possible determinants of residential relocation; a recent study (Saucy et al, 2023) showed that in two European birth cohorts, families who moved had higher parental education and household socioeconomic status, and also tended to move to greener and less urban areas. Obesity is a multifactorial condition, with several biological and environmental factors with significant effects on energy intake and expenditure (González-Muniesa et al, 2017).…”

A blueprint for a new commercial driving epidemiology: An emerging paradigm grounded in integrative exposome and network epistemologies

“…Finally, commercial drivers' biological and other responses to all exposures occur gradually as the cumulative embodiment of the foregoing four domains and influences. As endogenous processes and mechanisms, they include various physiological disruptions, such as responses to chronic and acute psychological distress, hormonal and metabolic challenges and imbalances, various forms of inflammation, chronobiological changes, oxidative challenges, fatigue, aging, sleepiness, epigenetics, and syndemic states with far‐reaching ramifications for the health, safety, and wellbeing of commercial drivers 85–89 …”