Built and social environments and overweight among Brazilian adults from medium-sized city: CUME Project

A cross-sectional study enrolled partici-pants from the CUME project (n = 289) who lived in Vicosa, Brazil. The neighborhood unit adopted was the buffer (200 meters), considering the par-ticipant's residence as central point. We measure the number of public and private facilities inside the buffer as well as violent criminal occurrences. Food establishments were categorized into estab-lishments with predominant sale of natural or minimally processed foods, mixed establishments, and establishments with predominant sale of ul-tra-processed foods. Those who attended the face-to-face interview filled two scales of perception of the environment. Overall, 33.6% of participants reported overweight. We observed a higher con-centration of individuals close to the central re-gion of the city. Access to different establishments, food environments, and criminal occurrences dif-fered between normal-weight and overweight in-dividuals. The groups deferred in the perception of the location of squares, open public spaces, clubs, and soccer fields. The results indicate the associ-ation between environmental characteristics and overweight in Brazilian adults.