Proximity to food establishments and body mass index in the Framingham Heart Study offspring cohort over 30 years.

ABSTRACT: Existing evidence linking residential proximity to food establishments with body mass index (BMI; weight (kg)/height (m)(2)) has been inconclusive. In this study, the authors assessed the relation between BMI and proximity to food establishments over a 30-year period among 3,113 subjects in the Framingham Heart Study Offspring Cohort living in 4 Massachusetts towns during 1971-2001. The authors used novel data that included repeated measures of BMI and accounted for residential mobility and the appearance and disappearance of food establishments. They calculated proximity to food establishments as the driving distance between each subject's residence and nearby food establishments, divided into 6 categories. The authors used cross-classified linear mixed models to account for time-varying

SUBMITTER: Block JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3208142 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature