Abstract
It has long been understood that neighbourhoods impact on the health of residents.1 In The Lancet Public Health, Mika Kivimäki and colleagues2 assessed the impact of modifications in some residential neighbourhood characteristics on a wide range of health outcomes. The authors pooled individual-level data from two large prospective cohort studies (comprising 114 786 community-dwelling adults in Finland) with 14 years follow-up of electronic health records, and found that favourable neighbourhood-level changes in green space, education levels, income, and employment rate after about 5 years, were associated with reduced risk of specific cardiometabolic, infectious, and orthopaedic conditions and improvements in selected health behaviours.
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