Sarah’s story
Sarah is an outdoor worker for an environmental education charity in Lambeth. She doesn’t own a car and tries to cycle most places, with public transport her back-up option.
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Insights
Explore what we’re learning about improving health in cities.
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Health effects of air pollution
Reports
09 Mar 2020
Health effects of air pollution
Reports
09 Mar 2020
Ying’s story
Ying lives with her husband and child in Bermondsey. Being environmentally aware and a mother, she would like to know more about air pollution and how it affects our health.
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Health effects of air pollution
Reports
09 Mar 2020
Alika’s story
Alika and Alex, 3, live in Southwark. Alika, who moved to London from Nigeria in 2000, is doing an electrical apprenticeship by day and is a youth worker by night.
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Health effects of air pollution
Reports
Air pollution and older people
Air pollution is linked with heart failure, strokes, poor cognition and even lung cancer in older people over 65, with high levels of particulate matter increasing their risk of hospitalisation. Our research shows that older people are less likely to point to poor air quality as an important issue to address.
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Financial foundations for adult health
Opinion
25 Feb 2020
Ten years on from the Marmot Review
Over the past decade, very little has progressed at a national scale to reduce inequality. We discuss why these health inequalities are not inevitable.
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Children's health and food
Reports
24 Feb 2020
UK product profile
An assessment of the nutritional quality of approximately 50% of packaged foods and beverages sold in the UK in 2016 and their suitability to be marketed to children
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Children's health and food
Opinion
20 Feb 2020
Making convenience stores healthier
Sharing what we’ve learnt from our local pilot in Southwark where we introduced small changes to nudge consumers towards healthier options.
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Children's health and food
Opinion
10 Jan 2020
Learning from London’s Foodscape
We studied how the built environment shapes how young people eat, and explore the need for transforming transit stops and creating new civic spaces for young people.
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Children's health and food
Opinion
06 Jan 2020
Healthy takeaway and community cooking
We're exploring ways to make our food environments healthier for children and families.
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