The body mass index (BMI) and the propensity of being overweight or obese among drivers in the Chicago, Illinois, metropolitan area are affected by factors related to the built environment. A multilevel analysis distinguished the contributions of individual attributes and areal environmental factors. The empirical analysis provided evidence that BMI variability and the propensity of being overweight or obese could mostly be attributed to the educational and ethnicity profiles of residential areas. Drivers living closer to the city were also likely to have slightly lower BMI values than their counterparts who lived in areas far from the city. Finally, the effects of drivers' gender and age are significant and provide additional insights.
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