Ambiente construído e comunitário para a atividade física em crianças e adolescentes brasileiros: uma atualização de revisão sistemática para o Report Card Brasil 2026

Oliveira, David Nunes; Nascimento, Leandro de Almeida; Leite, Radfan Naumann Oliveira; Figueiredo, Tatiane Kosimenko Ferrari; Victo, Eduardo Rossato de; Ferrari, Gerson; Silva, Danilo Rodrigues Pereira da; Sampaio, Ricardo Aurélio Carvalho

doi:10.1590/1980-0037.2026v28e111202

person David Nunes Oliveira

conceptualization · data curation · formal analysis · investigation · methodology · project administration · resources · validation · visualization · writing – original draft · writing – review & editing

schoolFederal University of Sergipe – UFS. Graduate Program in Movement Sciences. São Cristóvão, SE. Brazil.

0000-0001-9608-0110

person Leandro de Almeida Nascimento

conceptualization · data curation · formal analysis · investigation · methodology · project administration · resources · validation · visualization · writing – original draft · writing – review & editing

schoolFederal University of Sergipe – UFS. Graduate Program in Movement Sciences. São Cristóvão, SE. Brazil.

0000-0003-0236-6068

person Radfan Naumann Oliveira Leite

conceptualization · investigation · methodology · project administration · resources · validation · visualization · writing – original draft · writing – review & editing

schoolFederal University of Sergipe – UFS. Graduate Program in Movement Sciences. São Cristóvão, SE. Brazil.

0009-0006-8850-9785

person Tatiane Kosimenko Ferrari Figueiredo

visualization · writing – review & editing

schoolUniversidade de São Paulo – USP. Faculdade de Saúde Pública. São Paulo, SP. Brazil.

0000-0001-5365-3986

person Eduardo Rossato de Victo

funding acquisition · visualization · writing – review & editing

schoolSão Paulo State University – UNESP. School of Technology and Sciences. Presidente Prudente, SP. Brazil.

0000-0002-4409-741X

person Gerson Ferrari

funding acquisition · visualization · writing – review & editing

schoolUniversidad Autónoma de Chile. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Providencia. Chile.schoolUniversidad de Santiago de Chile – USACH. Escuela de Ciencias de la Actividad Física, el Deporte y la Salud. Santiago. Chile.

0000-0003-3177-6576

person Danilo Rodrigues Pereira da Silva

conceptualization · data curation · formal analysis · funding acquisition · investigation · methodology · project administration · resources · supervision · validation · visualization · writing – original draft · writing – review & editing

schoolFederal University of Sergipe – UFS. Graduate Program in Movement Sciences. São Cristóvão, SE. Brazil.schoolUniversidad Autónoma de Chile. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Providencia. Chile.

0000-0003-3995-4795

person Ricardo Aurélio Carvalho Sampaio

conceptualization · data curation · formal analysis · funding acquisition · investigation · methodology · project administration · resources · supervision · validation · visualization · writing – original draft · writing – review & editing

schoolFederal University of Sergipe – UFS. Graduate Program in Movement Sciences. São Cristóvão, SE. Brazil.schoolFederal University of Sergipe. Department of Physical Education. São Cristóvão, SE. Brazil.

0000-0002-0005-1145

personCorresponding author Ricardo Aurelio Carvalho Sampaio. Graduate Program in Movement Sciences, Federal University of Sergipe – UFS Av. Marcelo Deda Chagas, s/n, 49107-230, Rosa Elze, São Cristóvão (SE), Brazil. E-mail:
sampaiorac@academico.ufs.br

Scientific Editor:

Diego Augusto Santos Silva

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflict of interests to declare.

Study (Author)	Location	Sample (n)	Age range
Ferrari et al.²⁵	São Paulo, SP	2,610	14-15 years
Dias et al.²¹	Feira de Santana, BA	2,384	7-12 years
Nobre et al.²⁷	Diamantina, MG	51	3-5 years
Oliveira Barbosa et al.²⁰	Jacarezinho, PR	553	12-15 years
Queiroz et al.²²	Recife, PE	668	5-7 years
Dias et al.¹⁸	Porto Alegre, RS	1,130	14-20 years
Caetano et al.²⁶	Viçosa, MG	309	14-16 years
Silva et al.¹⁶	Curitiba, PR	493	12-17 years
Silva et al.²³	Fortaleza, CE	1,085	11-18 years
Sales et al.²⁸	São Caetano do Sul, SP	515	9-11 years
Mello et al.¹⁹	Porto Alegre, RS	236	14-18 years
Silva et al.¹⁵	Brazil	61,145	12-17 years
Antoniassi et al.¹⁷	Curitiba, PR	1,200	10-19 years
Correia et al.²⁴	Lagoa do Carro, PE	289	10-18 years

Author	Location (Year)	(% of girls)	Assessment tools for environment	Indicators of environment	Prevalence
Ferrari et al.²⁵	São Paulo, SP (2021)	47.8%	Physical Activity Environment Perception Questionnaire and School Access (separately)	Perceived environment (physical activities facilities and access to school)	92% of schools did not have swimming pools; 73,9% did not have locker rooms; most schools were municipal public schools (40.0%)
Dias et al.²¹	Feira de Santana, BA (2023)	53.2%	School Environment Perception Questionnaire and provided lists	Built environment at school and in the neighborhood	Most frequent facilities in the neighborhood: public squares (96.2%); sports courts (88.5%)
Nobre et al.²⁷	Diamantina, MG (2022)	47.0%	Home Observation Questionnaire (EC_HOME)	Multicriteria index of physical opportunities in the environment	78% live in moderately stimulating environments; 19.2% in highly stimulating environments
Oliveira Barbosa et al.²⁰	Jacarezinho, PR (2024)	53.1%	Scales of intrapersonal, interpersonal, and environmental factors associated with physical activity	Perceived environmental factors and their mediation by autonomous efficacy	Median total perceived environmental score: 2.1 (scale 1-4 points)
Queiroz et al.²²	Recife, PE (2020)	37.5%	Population-based questionnaire ELOS-Pre e QEdu	Presence of public spaces, including courts and places to play or practice sports	Perceived environment (presence of one of the spaces – school or external): 51.0%
Dias et al.¹⁸	Porto Alegre, RS (2020)	52.7%	NEWS-Y and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)	Environmental indicators (distance to facilities, safety, aesthetics, and neighborhood infrastructure)	Presence of bike paths: 11.9%; presence of bike lanes: 1.5%; sidewalks present: 81.9%
Caetano et al.²⁶	Viçosa, MG (2024)	57.0%	Neighborhood Walkability Scale for Youth (NEWS-Y)	Perception of walkability and safety conditions in the neighborhood surroundings	Overall environmental score – High (favorable): 16.4%; perceived environment (crime): 55.6%
Silva et al.¹⁶	Curitiba, PR (2020)	51.2%	Observational checklist + geoprocessing (ArcGIS)	Environmental factors	Households with public lighting (96.11%); paved streets (82.35%); sidewalks (67.45%)
Silva et al.²³	Fortaleza, CE (2024)	48.5%	School and neighborhood environment perception questionnaire	Perception of the school and neighborhood environment	Mean intervention score (better perception): 53.7% of the maximum score
Sales et al.²⁸	São Caetano do Sul, SP (2023)	57.7%	School Environment Questionnaire (ISCOLE)	School internal environment	They provided access to: gymnasium (79.2%); art room (75.0%); playground (61.8%)
Mello et al.¹⁹	Porto Alegre, RS (2020)	61.9%	Physical Activity Resource Assessment (PARA)	Urban environmental and biological variables	Approximately 60% of adolescents did not have a public space within a 500-meter radius; only 26% of those with a public space had attributes for physical activity
Silva et al.¹⁵	Brazil (2023)	50.8%	Geoprocessing software and IBGE Census	Built and social environment of Brazilian state capitals	Distance from home to school ≥ 1,501 m: 60.0%; distance ≤ 500 m: 12.5%
Antoniassi et al.¹⁷	Curitiba, PR (2024)	49.1%	Microscale Audit of Pedestrian Streetcapes (MAPS)	Built environment for physical activity around schools	MAPS score (environmental quality) – Low: 30.6%; Medium: 38.0%; High: 31.5%
Correia et al.²⁴	Lagoa do Carro, PE (2024)	47.1%	Geographic Information System (SIG)	Public facilities in the municipality. Built environment	Perception of safety from crime (Girls: 37.0% vs. Boys: 21.7%); 76.4% of the sample had no built environment

Region	Locations	Age range	Evidence
National	Brazil (PeNSE data)¹⁵	12 to 17 years	National representativeness
South	Curitiba (PR)¹⁶,¹⁷, Porto Alegre (RS)¹⁸, Jacarezinho (PR)²⁰	10 to 20 years	Focus on mobility and urban infrastructure
Southeast	São Paulo (SP)²⁵, São Caetano do Sul (SP)²⁸, Viçosa (MG)²⁶, Diamantina (MG)²⁷	3 to 5 years; 9 to 16 years	Focus on daycare/school environment and perception of crime
Northeast	Feira de Santana (BA)²¹, Recife (PE)²², Fortaleza (CE)²³, Lagoa do Carro (PE)²⁴	5 to 18 years	Focus on Community access and public facilities

Ambiente construído e comunitário para a atividade física em crianças e adolescentes brasileiros: uma atualização de revisão sistemática para o Report Card Brasil 2026

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