BACKGROUND: Subjective well-being has become a core indicator for measuring social progress and policy effectiveness. However, the "Easterlin Paradox" remains prevalent, and this paradox refers to the disconnect between economic growth and improvemen...
BACKGROUND: Educational hypogamy, where women marry men with lower educational attainment, reflects evolving gender roles and societal norms. In China, the rapid expansion of education, coupled with persistent traditional values, provides a unique co...
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Jul 24, 2025
We analyze changes in pedestrian behavior over a 30-y period in four urban public spaces located in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia. Building on William Whyte's observational work, which involved manual video analysis of pedestrian behaviors, we e...
Urban food landscapes significantly influence dietary habits and health outcomes, with disparities in food access contributing to obesity, particularly in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods. This study presents a data-driven approach to as...
Ecotoxicology and environmental safety
Jun 5, 2025
Soil heavy metal contamination poses serious health risks, but few studies have quantitatively assessed disparities in these risks between urban and rural populations. To address this gap, we introduce a novel framework integrating machine learning a...
Under the exposome framework, this study examined the relationship between the urban physical environment and leisure-time physical activity during early midlife based on 394 participants (mean age: 37, range 34-40) from the FinnTwin12 cohort, residi...
In fast-paced urban environments, Citywalk has emerged as a key leisure activity for urban residents to alleviate stress and enhance emotional well-being. From the perspective of virtual-physical interaction, this study integrates social media data w...
Urban environments significantly shape our well-being, behavior, and overall quality of life. Assessing urban environments, particularly walkability, has traditionally relied on computer vision and machine learning algorithms. However, these approach...
Migration is associated with a substantial change in environmental exposures and health outcomes. We aimed to investigate the shift in gut microbiota composition and the associations with cardiometabolic outcomes in the RODAM-Pros cohort spanning mul...
Stroke is a significant health concern in China. Differences in stroke risk between rural and urban areas have been highlighted in prior research. However, there is a scarcity of studies on urban-rural differences in predicting stroke. This study aim...
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