Reducing air pollution in Latin America could help reduce dementia
Air pollution is linked to a high risk of dementia. However, it is concerning that only two Latin American countries are studying this association. We wanted to establish whether the association has been described in this area of the world, how often it has been done and what policies have been generated from it to intervene.
How does the different noise affect students’ cognition?
How do children perceive and interpret different noises and how their personal experiences correlate with objective measurements? What are the long-term repercussions of sustained noise exposure during the formative years on adult cognition, behaviour, and health outcomes?
Constraints, compromises and decision-making: What drives healthy and unhealthy diets in Urban Informal Settlements
We examined the factors that limit and enable the uptake of healthy diets among urban populations with multiple socio-economic vulnerabilities. By exploring the interconnected economic, social and environmental influences, we aimed to generate context-specific evidence that can inform effective and targeted action to support progress towards achieving global nutrition targets in the context of triple burden of malnutrition and increasing concern on high incidences of diet-related diseases in rapidly urbanizing areas.
Play-friendly cities: How children use and value their public spaces as a place to play
How do children experience and perceive the public space in their own neighborhood? And what are the environmental factors that encourage and hinder children from playing outside? In this article, Dutch children explain what they see as a play-friendly city.