It found no clear link between living near the coast during adolescence and developing multiple chronic conditions later. The difference emerged among adults, particularly those who stayed in coastal communities while healthier or more advantaged residents moved elsewhere. Corresponding author Professor Stephen Jivraj (UCL Epidemiology & Health Care) said, “Poorer health in coastal communities is not simply due to coastal living itself. People raised in the most deprived coastal neighborhoods were three times more likely to remain on the coast into middle age than those from the least deprived coastal neighborhoods. The researchers are calling for coordinated investment in public health, health care, transportation, education, and employment in deprived coastal regions.