Are Londoners Getting Healthier?

Yijing Li, Sijie Tan, Xiangbo Chang, Xiaohui Chen

2025

Abstract

It utilised urban data from multiple sources, to map out the physical health and mental health patterns in London over space and time. On basis of recognising the spatial patterns trajectory changes, obesity among adults and children in London areas had been investigated with selected demographic, socio-economic and environmental factors, to identify the most influential factors in all, and for local community; similarly, workflow had been again designed to investigate the influential factors for mental health prevalence as well. Upon comparing the selected models, models considering neighbourhood spillover effect has been found to be the optimal, to identify significantly influential factors on urban health, such as age group, green space access, household deprivation, income deprivation and air quality. The findings underscore the necessity for targeted, location-specific public health interventions to effectively combat obesity; highlight the importance of spatial heterogeneity, offering detailed insights into regional variations; and suggest tailored strategies for public health policies. This work fills a critical gap and demonstrates the need for geographically informed public health strategies.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Li Y., Tan S., Chang X. and Chen X. (2025). Are Londoners Getting Healthier?. In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management - Volume 1: GISTAM; ISBN 978-989-758-741-2, SciTePress, pages 15-26. DOI: 10.5220/0013203300003935

in Bibtex Style

@conference{gistam25,
author={Yijing Li and Sijie Tan and Xiangbo Chang and Xiaohui Chen},
title={Are Londoners Getting Healthier?},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management - Volume 1: GISTAM},
year={2025},
pages={15-26},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013203300003935},
isbn={978-989-758-741-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management - Volume 1: GISTAM
TI - Are Londoners Getting Healthier?
SN - 978-989-758-741-2
AU - Li Y.
AU - Tan S.
AU - Chang X.
AU - Chen X.
PY - 2025
SP - 15
EP - 26
DO - 10.5220/0013203300003935
PB - SciTePress