Residential landscape as a predictor of psychosocial stress in the life course from childhood to adolescence

Aart, Carola J. C. Van; Michels, Nathalie; Sioen, Isabelle; Decker, Annelies De; Bijnens, Esmée; Janssen, Bram G.; Henauw, Stefaan De; Nawrot, Tim S.

doi:10.1016/j.envint.2018.08.028

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“…We explored mediation analysis to explore this but failed to detect a mediation role of physical activity. Additionally, greenness was also associated with psychosocial stress, reduced noise exposure, and greater and more diverse microbial exposure, all of them might influence glucose homeostasis and the development of diabetes mellitus [9,[35][36][37].…”

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Associations of Residential Greenness with Diabetes Mellitus in Chinese Uyghur Adults

Fan

Xue²,

Yuan

et al. 2019

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Greenness exposure is nominated as a potential beneficial factor for health, but evidence is limited on its diabetes effects. We conducted a cross-sectional study between May and September 2016 in rural areas of northwestern China, including 4670 Uyghur adults, to explore the associations between residential greenness and fasting glucose levels and diabetes prevalence. Fasting glucose levels were determined, and information on covariates was collected by questionnaire. Normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and soil-adjusted vegetation index (SAVI) were calculated to assess greenness levels. Generalized linear mixed models were applied to evaluate the associations of greenness with fasting glucose levels and diabetes prevalence. The prevalence of diabetes was 11.6%. We found that living in rural areas characterized by increased amounts of greenness was associated with reduced diabetes prevalence (e.g., NDVI1000m: OR, 0.92; 95% CI, 0.86, 0.99). Stratified analyses showed that the protective effects of greenness on diabetes prevalence were found only in women (NDVI1000m: OR, 0.90; 95% CI, 0.82, 0.99). However, none of the interaction was statistically significant. Our study suggests that greater residential greenness levels were associated with a lower odds ratio of diabetes prevalence in Xinjiang Uyghur adults. Further well-designed longitudinal studies are needed to confirm our findings.

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Associations of Residential Greenness with Diabetes Mellitus in Chinese Uyghur Adults

Fan

Xue²,

Yuan

et al. 2019

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“…The systematic review identified nine studies of associations of environmental noise on cognition [39,48,[84][85][86][87][88][89][90]. Studies examined child and adult samples.…”

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“…Two other studies known to the authors were also added [94,95], along with another recent conference paper [93]. Six studies were excluded after data extraction (Appendix A.2) which included two studies which reported experimental studies [84,85]; one that reported on mental health and not cognition and had already been identified in the search for mental health [39]; one which did not report on noise exposure per se [89], and another study which reported an ADHD outcome, which was moved to the mental health review [48]. One study reported on attitudes to noise within the school and did not report a cognitive outcome [90].…”

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“…experimental studies [84,85]; one that reported on mental health and not cognition and had already been identified in the search for mental health [39]; one which did not report on noise exposure per se [89], and another study which reported an ADHD outcome, which was moved to the mental health review [48]. One study reported on attitudes to noise within the school and did not report a cognitive outcome [90].…”

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Evidence for Environmental Noise Effects on Health for the United Kingdom Policy Context: A Systematic Review of the Effects of Environmental Noise on Mental Health, Wellbeing, Quality of Life, Cancer, Dementia, Birth, Reproductive Outcomes, and Cognition

Clark

Crumpler

Notley³

2020

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This systematic review commissioned by the UK Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), considers how the evidence base for noise effects on health has changed following the recent reviews undertaken for the WHO Environmental Noise Guidelines. This systematic review assesses the quality of the evidence for environmental noise effects on mental health, wellbeing, and quality of life; birth and reproductive outcomes; and cognition for papers published since the WHO reviews (mid-2015 to March 2019), as well as for cancer and dementia (January 2014 to March 2019). Using the GRADE methodology (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation) most evidence was rated as low quality as opposed to very low quality in the previous reviews. There is now low-quality evidence for a harmful effect of road traffic noise on medication use and interview measures of depression and anxiety and low quality evidence for a harmful effect of road traffic noise, aircraft noise, and railway noise on some cancer outcomes. Many other conclusions from the WHO evidence reviews remain unchanged. The conclusions remain limited by the low number of studies for many outcomes. The quantification of health effects for other noise sources including wind turbine, neighbour, industrial, and combined noise remains a research priority.

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“…The diversity of the gut microbiota is affected by exposure to environmental pollutants and is associated with weight in later life [10]. Children with reduced access to greenspace report greater levels of anxiety and sadness, and this tracks into adolescence [11], which could lead to adaptations in appetite and energy regulation [12].…”

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Are environmental area characteristics at birth associated with overweight and obesity in school-aged children? Findings from the SLOPE (Studying Lifecourse Obesity PrEdictors) population-based cohort in the south of England

Wilding

Ziauddeen

Smith

et al. 2020

BMC Med

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Background: Geographical inequalities in overweight and obesity prevalence among children are well established in cross-sectional research. We aimed to examine how environmental area characteristics at birth are related to these outcomes in childhood. Methods: Anonymised antenatal and birth data recorded by University Hospital Southampton linked to schoolmeasured weight and height data for children within Southampton, UK, were utilised (14,084 children at ages 4-5 and 5637 at ages 10-11). Children's home address at birth was analysed at the Lower and Middle layer Super Output Area (LSOA/MSOA) levels (areas with average populations of 1500 and 7000, respectively). Area-level indices (walkability, relative density of unhealthy food outlets, spaces for social interaction), natural greenspace coverage, supermarket density and measures of air pollution (PM 2.5 , PM 10 and NO x) were constructed using ArcGIS Network Analyst. Overweight/obesity was defined as a body mass index (BMI; kg/m 2) greater than the 85th centile for sex and age. Population-average generalised estimating equations estimated the risk of being overweight/obese for children at both time points. Confounders included maternal BMI and smoking in early pregnancy, education, ethnicity and parity. We also examined associations for a subgroup of children who moved residence between birth and outcome measurement. Results: There were mixed results between area characteristics at birth and overweight/obesity at later ages. MSOA relative density of unhealthy food outlets and PM 10 were positively associated with overweight/obesity, but not among children who moved. LSOA greenspace coverage was negatively associated with the risk of being overweight/obese at ages 10-11 in all children (relative risk ratio 0.997, 95% confidence interval 0.995-0.999, p = 0.02) and among children who moved.

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Residential landscape as a predictor of psychosocial stress in the life course from childhood to adolescence

Cited by 65 publications

References 41 publications

Associations of Residential Greenness with Diabetes Mellitus in Chinese Uyghur Adults

Associations of Residential Greenness with Diabetes Mellitus in Chinese Uyghur Adults

Evidence for Environmental Noise Effects on Health for the United Kingdom Policy Context: A Systematic Review of the Effects of Environmental Noise on Mental Health, Wellbeing, Quality of Life, Cancer, Dementia, Birth, Reproductive Outcomes, and Cognition

Are environmental area characteristics at birth associated with overweight and obesity in school-aged children? Findings from the SLOPE (Studying Lifecourse Obesity PrEdictors) population-based cohort in the south of England

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