Neighborhood Availability and Use of Food, Physical Activity, and Social Services Facilities in Relation to Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the association of a combined measure of availability and use of facilities from the food environment and overweight (including obesity) among schoolchildren, while taking into account the physical activity and social-assistance environments.

Methods

Cross-sectional study with a probabilistic sample of schoolchildren aged 7 to 14 years living in a southern Brazilian city (n = 2026). Multilevel analyses were performed with overweight as outcome and the food environment as main exposure. Models were adjusted for the physical activity and social-assistance environments, as well as individual and other residential neighborhood characteristics.

Results

Greater availability of restaurants around the home was associated with higher odds of overweight (o

SUBMITTER: Rossi CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10186564 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature