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The JECH gallery
An environmental face lift: the Dings Home-Zone project
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  1. Tanya Trayers1,
  2. Debbie A Lawlor2
  1. 1Department of Exercise and Health Sciences, University of Bristol, UK
  2. 2Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr D A Lawlor
 Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, Whiteladies Road, Bristol BS8 2PR, UK; d.a.lawlorbristol.ac.uk

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    Neighbourhood environments are likely to affect health outcomes in a variety of different ways. Previous submissions to the JECH Gallery have illustrated this fact. For example, Ellaway and Mcintyre showed the stark differences in appearance of two local authority schools in Glasgow, one in a deprived area of the city and one in a more affluent area.1 In a separate piece they used photographs to suggest that differences between affluent and deprived areas in retail outlets may contribute to reduce fruit consumption among residents of more deprived areas.2 The photos here show important environmental changes to a deprived area of Bristol. The Dings (derived from old railway sidings) is a small community …

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