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Google Street View reveals how built environment correlates with risk of cardiovascular disease (medicalxpress.com)
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[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That’s cool—but it doesn’t actually give any info. What are the environmental risks found in these images?

This reads like it’s trying to sell something.

[–] Shadow@lemmy.ca 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Did you read further down?

For instance, features like green space and walkable roads were associated with lower risk, while other features, such as poorly paved roads, were associated with higher risk. However, these findings need further investigation.

Basically they used analysis of street view to figure out what areas are friendly for walking, and compared that to data on health risks for that area.

Seems like a pretty tenuous link to me though.

[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 20 points 7 months ago

They really need to correct for income, otherwise they're just finding that poorer areas have worse health outcomes - which is pretty well known.

[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 6 points 7 months ago

Yes, I read that. It just seemed very vague.