The association between the neighbourhood social environment and obesity in Brazil: a cross-sectional analysis of the ELSA-Brasil study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the association between the neighbourhood social environment, including social cohesion, perceived neighbourhood safety, perceived neighbourhood violence, and obesity in Brazil.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

6 state capitals in Brazil (Salvador, Vitoria, Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro) PARTICIPANTS: Current or former employees of five federal universities and one research centre in each of the six Brazilian state capitals who were participants of the baseline wave (2008-2010) of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (n=11 456; 56% women; 56% White, 28% Brown, and 16% Black).

Primary outcome measure

Obesity, based on measured weight and height, and defined as having a body mass index ≥30 kg/

SUBMITTER: Chaparro MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6731797 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature