Persistent spatial clusters of high body mass index in a Swiss urban population as revealed by the 5-year GeoCoLaus longitudinal study.
Stéphane JoostSolange DuruzPedro Marques-VidalMurielle BochudSilvia StringhiniFred PaccaudJean-Michel GaspozJean-Marc ThelerJoël ChételatGérard WaeberPeter VollenweiderIdris GuessousPublished in: BMJ open (2016)
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to report longitudinal changes in BMI clusters in adults from a general population. Spatial clusters of high BMI persisted over a 5-year period and were mainly influenced by neighbourhood-level income.