10.18453/rosdok_id00004763 Aretz, Benjamin Benjamin Aretz http://d-nb.info/gnd/1363122835 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0143-0873 Universität Rostock 2023 300 Social sciences 310 General statistics 610 Medical sciences Medicine 2023 en https://purl.uni-rostock.de/rosdok/id00004763 urn:nbn:de:gbv:28-rosdok_id00004763-8 This dissertation explores how environmental living conditions affect physical and mental health in Europe. Using a holistic approach, it analyzes spatial and temporal links between the environment and health outcomes, revealing associations like food accessibility and obesity, environmental pollution's impact on physical health, and air pollution's effects on cognitive functioning. The study underscores the global interplay of environment, behavior, and health, advocating public awareness and stressing the need to address both physical and mental health in environmental concerns.