Title
Perceived Urban Environment Attributes and Device-Measured Physical Activity in Latin America: An 8-Nation Study
Date Issued
01 April 2022
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Ferrari G.
Werneck A.O.
Silva D.R.
Kovalskys I.
Gómez G.
Rigotti A.
Cortés L.Y.
García M.C.Y.
Herrera-Cuenca M.
Pratt M.
Marques A.
Van Dyck D.
Leme A.C.B.
Fisberg M.
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Inc.
Abstract
Introduction: Attributes of the neighborhood-built environment are associated with self-reported physical activity, but only a few studies have concentrated on device-measured physical activity in Latin America. This study examines the associations of perceived neighborhood-built environment attributes, device-measured sedentary time, and light-intensity and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in adults from 8 Latin American countries. Methods: Data from Estudio Latinoamericano de Nutrición y Salud adult study, an observational multicountry study (N=2,478), were analyzed in 2020. Data were collected between 2014 and 2015. Perceived neighborhood-built environment attributes were measured using the Neighbourhood Environment Walkability Survey. Sedentary time, light-intensity physical activity, and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity data were collected using accelerometers. Results: No associations between perceived neighborhood-built environment attributes and sedentary time were found. Positive perceptions of walking/cycling facilities (β=6.50, 95% CI=2.12, 10.39) were associated with more light-intensity physical activity. Perceptions of better aesthetics (Argentina) and better walking/cycling facilities (Brazil and Ecuador) were positively associated with light-intensity physical activity. Land use mix–diversity (β=0.14, 95% CI=0.03, 0.25), walking/cycling facilities (β=0.16, 95% CI=0.05, 0.27), aesthetics (β=0.16, 95% CI=0.02, 0.30), and safety from traffic (β=0.18, 95% CI=0.05, 0.24) were positively associated with moderate-to-vigorous physical activity. Land use mix–diversity, street connectivity, and safety from traffic were positively associated with moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in Venezuela. Conclusions: These findings have implications for policy recommendations, which can guide policies to promote physical activity in the region. Land use mix–diversity, walking/cycling facilities, aesthetics, and safety from traffic can maintain or increase the levels of light-intensity and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity among Latin American adults.
Start page
635
End page
645
Volume
62
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias del deporte y la aptitud física
Estudios urbanos
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85119449349
PubMed ID
Source
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
ISSN of the container
07493797
Sponsor(s)
Fieldwork and data analysis conducted in the ELANS protocol was supported by a scientific grant from the Coca Cola Company and by grants/support from Instituto Pensi/Hospital Infantil Sabara, International Life Science Institute of Argentina, Universidad de Costa Rica, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Universidad Central de Venezuela/Fundación Bengoa, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, and Instituto de Investigación Nutricional de Peru. AOW is supported by the São Paulo Research Foundation with a PhD scholarship (São Paulo Research Foundation process: 2019/24124-7).
The authors would like to thank the staff and participants from each of the participating sites who made substantial contributions to Estudio Latinoamericano de Nutrición & Salud (ELANS). The following are members of ELANS Study Group: chairs: Mauro Fisberg and Irina Kovalskys; co-chair: Georgina Gómez Salas; core group members: Attilio Rigotti, Lilia Yadira Cortés Sanabria, Georgina Gómez Salas, Martha Cecilia Yépez García, Rossina Gabriella Pareja Torres, and Marianella Herrera-Cuenca; steering committee: Berthold Koletzko, Luis A. Moreno, and Michael Pratt; accelerometry analysis: Priscila Bezerra Gonçalves and Claudia Alberico; physical activity advisor: Gerson Ferrari. nutrition advisors: Regina Mara Fisberg and Agatha Nogueira Previdelli. project managers: Viviana Guajardo and Ioná Zalcman Zimberg. This paper presents independent research. The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the acknowledged institutions. The funding sponsors had no role in study design; the collection, analysis, or interpretation of data; writing of the manuscript; or the decision to publish the results. The overarching ELANS protocol was approved by the Western IRB (#20140605) and is registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02226627). Fieldwork and data analysis conducted in the ELANS protocol was supported by a scientific grant from the Coca Cola Company and by grants/support from Instituto Pensi/Hospital Infantil Sabara, International Life Science Institute of Argentina, Universidad de Costa Rica, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Universidad Central de Venezuela/Fundación Bengoa, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, and Instituto de Investigación Nutricional de Peru. AOW is supported by the São Paulo Research Foundation with a PhD scholarship (São Paulo Research Foundation process: 2019/24124-7). No financial disclosures were reported by the authors of this paper. Gerson Ferrari: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing. André O. Werneck: Writing - review & editing. Danilo R. Silva: Writing - review & editing. Irina Kovalskys: Funding acquisition. Georgina Gómez: Investigation. Attilio Rigotti: Investigation. Lilia Y. Cortés: Investigation. Martha Cecilia Yépez García: Investigation. Maria R. Liria-Domínguez: Investigation. Marianella Herrera-Cuenca: Investigation. Michael Pratt: Writing - review & editing. Adilson Marques: Writing - review & editing. Delfien Van Dyck: Writing - review & editing. Ana C.B. Leme: Writing - review & editing. Mauro Fisberg: Funding acquisition; Supervision.
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