| Author | Chor, Dóra | |
| Author | Cardoso, Letícia Oliveira | |
| Author | Nobre, Aline Araújo | |
| Author | Griep, Rosane Harter | |
| Author | Fonseca, Maria de Jesus Mendes | |
| Author | Giatti, Luana | |
| Author | Bensenor, Isabela | |
| Author | Molina, Maria Del Carmen Bisi | |
| Author | Aquino, Estela Maria Motta Lima Leão de | |
| Author | Diez-Roux, Ana | |
| Author | Castiglione, Débora de Pina | |
| Author | Santos, Simone M. | |
| Access date | 2016-12-01T16:32:30Z | |
| Available date | 2016-12-01T16:32:30Z | |
| Document date | 2016 | |
| Citation | CHOR, Dóra et al. Association between perceived neighbourhood characteristics, physical activity and diet quality: results of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil). BMC Public Health, v. 16, n. 751, p. 1-11, 2016. | pt_BR |
| ISSN | 1471-2458 | pt_BR |
| URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/16406 | |
| Language | eng | pt_BR |
| Publisher | BioMed Central | pt_BR |
| Rights | open access | |
| Subject in Portuguese | Bairro | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Atividade Física | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Dieta | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Ambiente alimentar | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Saúde Pública | pt_BR |
| Title | Association between perceived neighbourhood characteristics, physical activity and diet quality: results of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil) | pt_BR |
| Type | Article | |
| DOI | 10.1186/s12889-016-3447-5 | |
| Abstract | Background: The study explores associations between perceived neighbourhood characteristics, physical activity
and diet quality, which in Latin America and Brazil have been scarcely studied and with inconsistent results.
Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of 14,749 individuals who participated in the Brazilian Longitudinal
Study of Adult Health (Estudo Longitudinal de Saúde do Adulto, ELSA-Brasil) baseline. The study included current and
retired civil servants, aged between 35 and 74 years, from universities and research institutes in six Brazilian states. The
International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) long form was used to characterize physical activity during leisure
time and commuting; additional questions assessed how often fruit and vegetables were consumed, as a proxy for
diet quality. Neighbourhood characteristics were evaluated by the “Walking Environment” and “Availability of Healthy
Foods” scales originally used in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Associations were examined using
multinomial logistic regression.
Results: Perceiving a more walkable neighbourhood was positively associated with engaging in leisure time physical
activity and doing so for longer weekly. Compared with those who saw their neighbourhood as less walkable, those
who perceived it as more walkable had 1.69 (95 % CI 1.57–1.83) and 1.39 (1.28–1.52) greater odds of engaging in
leisure time physical activity for more than 150 min/week or up to 150 min/week (vs. none), respectively. Perceiving
a more walkable neighbourhood was also positively associated with transport-related physical activity. The same
pattern was observed for diet: compared with participants who perceived healthy foods as less available in their
neighbourhood, those who saw them as more available had odds 1.48 greater (1.31–1.66) of eating fruits, and 1.47
greater (1.30–1.66) of eating vegetables, more than once per day.
Conclusions: Perceived walkability and neighbourhood availability of healthy food were independently associated
with the practice of physical activity and diet quality, respectively, underlining the importance of neighbourhood-level
public policies to changing and maintaining health-related habits. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Presidência. Programa de Computação Científica. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto. Escola de Nutrição. Ouro Preto, MG, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Universidade de São Paulo. Hospital Universitário. São Paulo, SP, Brasil, | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo. Departamento de Nutrição. Vitória, ES, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Universidade Federal da Bahia. Instituto de Saúde Coletiva. Salvador, BA, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Drexel University. School of Public Health. Philadelphia, PA, USA. | pt_BR |
| Subject | Neighbourhood | pt_BR |
| Subject | Physical activity | pt_BR |
| Subject | Diet | pt_BR |
| Subject | Food environment | pt_BR |
| Subject | Public Health | pt_BR |
| xmlui.metadata.dc.subject.ods | 02 Fome zero e agricultura sustentável | |
| xmlui.metadata.dc.subject.ods | 03 Saúde e Bem-Estar | |
