Spatial perspectives in family health research

Associations between neighborhood built environment, residential property values, and adult BMI change: The Seattle Obesity Study III

“…Fourth, restricting analyses of BE and health to the residential environment may overestimate the possible influence of that BE since people's exposure includes BE beyond that of their place of residence ( Chaix et al, 2017 ). Fifth, although our use of flexible SmartMap-based BE measures and residential property values at the parcel level did not restrict our measures to administrative boundaries, future work should also consider the role of spatial interrelatedness ( Coman, Steinbach, & Cao, 2021 ). This may be particularly important in much larger cohorts where the likelihood of having participants adjacent in space may be higher.…”