When you can predict health outcomes based on postcodes, the issue is much more than individual choice.
Mothers and kids in the outer suburbs don't choose to be more obese than those in the inner suburbs. Obesigenic environments drive health inequities.
#obesity #sdoh #publichealth
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/postcode-lottery-means-some-mothers-and-their-babies-are-more-likely-to-be-overweight-or-obese-20250311-p5lipd.html?btis
The Age · Postcode lottery means some mothers – and their babies – are more likely to be overweight or obese
![Tarmac path with a red line on it. Below the line it is stencil sprayed in white (all CAPS):
"Ab hier sinkt Deine Lebenserwartung um 6 Jahre."
[engl. "From here on your life expectancy lowers by six years."]
This is on the foot and cycle path of the massive rail bridge in Cologne, on the left you can see some fencing and below it the river Rhine, and to the right the (potentially famous?) padlocks put up by people as a memento to their relatiionships.](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/295/035/682/251/242/original/4665bfbb852016e8.jpg "Tarmac path with a red line on it. Below the line it is stencil sprayed in white (all CAPS):
\"Ab hier sinkt Deine Lebenserwartung um 6 Jahre.\"
[engl. \"From here on your life expectancy lowers by six years.\"]
This is on the foot and cycle path of the massive rail bridge in Cologne, on the left you can see some fencing and below it the river Rhine, and to the right the (potentially famous?) padlocks put up by people as a memento to their relatiionships.")
![Abstract of "The social determinants of mental health and disorder: evidence, prevention and recommendations" published in World Psychiatry that I can present here in part:
People exposed to more unfavourable social circumstances are more vulnerable to poor mental health over their life course, in ways that are often determined by structural factors which generate and perpetuate intergenerational cycles of disadvantage and poor health. Addressing these challenges is an imperative matter of social justice. In this paper we provide a roadmap to address the social determinants that cause mental ill health. Relying as far as possible on high-quality evidence, we first map out the literature that supports a causal link between social determinants and later mental health outcomes. Given the breadth of this topic, we focus on the most pervasive social determinants across the life course, and those that are common across major mental disorders. We draw primarily on the available evidence from the Global North, acknowledging that other global contexts will face both similar and unique sets of social determinants that will require equitable attention. Much of our evidence focuses on mental health in groups who are marginalized, and thus often exposed to a multitude of intersecting social risk factors. These groups include refugees, asylum seekers and displaced persons, as well as ethnoracial minoritized groups; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) groups; and [...]](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/800/843/434/027/811/original/943ea453fbfedaf5.png "Abstract of \"The social determinants of mental health and disorder: evidence, prevention and recommendations\" published in World Psychiatry that I can present here in part:
People exposed to more unfavourable social circumstances are more vulnerable to poor mental health over their life course, in ways that are often determined by structural factors which generate and perpetuate intergenerational cycles of disadvantage and poor health. Addressing these challenges is an imperative matter of social justice. In this paper we provide a roadmap to address the social determinants that cause mental ill health. Relying as far as possible on high-quality evidence, we first map out the literature that supports a causal link between social determinants and later mental health outcomes. Given the breadth of this topic, we focus on the most pervasive social determinants across the life course, and those that are common across major mental disorders. We draw primarily on the available evidence from the Global North, acknowledging that other global contexts will face both similar and unique sets of social determinants that will require equitable attention. Much of our evidence focuses on mental health in groups who are marginalized, and thus often exposed to a multitude of intersecting social risk factors. These groups include refugees, asylum seekers and displaced persons, as well as ethnoracial minoritized groups; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) groups; and [...]")
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