{"id":132472,"date":"2024-07-18T07:35:28","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T04:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/children-living-close-to-europes-green-spaces-have-healthier-lungs-spanish-study-finds\/"},"modified":"2024-07-18T07:35:28","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T04:35:28","slug":"children-living-close-to-europes-green-spaces-have-healthier-lungs-spanish-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/children-living-close-to-europes-green-spaces-have-healthier-lungs-spanish-study-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Children living close to Europe\u2019s green spaces have healthier lungs, Spanish study finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132472\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>Children exposed to more green spaces had better lung function. Cities should be designed to incorporate lots of green space, the study recommends.Children living in greener neighbourhoods have better lung function, according to a new study.The research, led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), looked at data from 35,000 children in eight different European countries &#8211; Denmark, France, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, the Netherlands, Spain and the UK.<\/p>\n<p>It found a \u201crobust\u201d link between exposure to green spaces in early childhood and better lung function. Children living in greener neighbourhoods were found to have better lung function. Those living further away from green spaces had lower lung volume &#8211; the maximum amount of air a person can breathe out without a time limit after taking a deep breath. \u201cOur findings highlight the importance of integrating green spaces into urban environments for better respiratory health, also in children,\u201d says lead author of the study Martine Vrijheid. \u201cIf the way cities are configured is a factor that contributes to inequality, urban planning that consciously contributes to alleviating inequity is important.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>How do green spaces improve respiratory health? The study\u2019s authors say that our understanding of how green spaces affect lung function is still incomplete but they do have some theories. \u201cWe know that green spaces reduce air pollution, which in turn affects respiratory health. We also believe that green spaces may expose children to beneficial microbiota, which may contribute to the development of the immune system and indirectly influence lung function,\u201d explains Amanda Fernandes, first author and ISGlobal researcher.\u201cFinally, green spaces close to home are likely to reflect the presence of play areas that encourage physical activity at an age when the lungs are still developing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They also looked at the mothers\u2019 home addresses during pregnancy to see if green spaces had an impact before birth. Greenness wasn\u2019t associated with any of the indicators of respiratory health suggesting that the improved lung function is linked to something that happens in childhood.Though better lung function was seen in children from all socioeconomic backgrounds, the effect was stronger in those from higher socioeconomic backgrounds. \u201cOne possible explanation for this could be that families with higher education or income may have access to higher-quality, safer and better-maintained green areas,\u201d says Fernandes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2024\/07\/17\/children-living-close-to-europes-green-spaces-have-healthier-lungs-spanish-study-finds\">Euronews Green<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/csr-news-en\/children-living-close-to-europes-green-spaces-have-healthier-lungs-spanish-study-finds\/\">Children living close to Europe\u2019s green spaces have healthier lungs, Spanish study finds<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1300,555,15329],"class_list":["post-132472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-children","tag-csr-news-en","tag-europes-green-spaces"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132472\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}