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Fact Sheet: Why Adopt an Obesity Prevention Resolution?
NPLAN's model obesity prevention resolution is designed to help communities
implement policies to address the obesity epidemic. This fact sheet addresses the question, "Why Adopt an Obesity Prevention Resolution?" and explains how the resolution works and describes the types of policies it promote. Learn more about what a local resolution is, and how it can improve the physical activity environment
First Amendment Implications of Restricting Food and Beverage Marketing in Schools
The ubiquity on public school campuses of non-nutritious food and drinks, and of messages
promoting their consumption, is of grave concern to many parents, teachers, administrators, and nutrition advocates. Schools undoubtedly have a powerful influence on how students eat.
For Planners and Public Health Practitioners: Research on Land Use and Health from Two Different Perspectives
These fact sheets summarize research linking health outcomes to the built environment: one for health practitioners and advocates, in which the research is categorized according to public health issue (e.g., injury prevention, access to healthy food); and one for planners, in which the research is categorized by land use issue (e.g., density, street connectivity).
Funding Sources for Healthy Food Retail
Developing new grocery stores and cooperatives, creating farmers' markets, and improving the quality of foods sold at convenience stores are all ways to increase a community's access to healthy foods. This guide provides an overview of the range of federal and California funding programs available to support these strategies.
General Plans and Zoning: A Toolkit on Land Use and Health
General Plans and Zoning: A Toolkit on Land Use and Health is a toolkit designed for nutrition and other public health advocates who are seeking a fundamental, introductory understanding of how land use decisions are made and how advocates can effectively participate in those decisions.
Getting Involved in Redevelopment
Strategies for Public Health Advocates (Fact Sheet)
Public health advocates and community residents can help improve access to healthy foods and physical activity by working with redevelopment agencies to revitalize “blighted” neighborhoods.
Getting to Grocery: Tools for Attracting Healthy Food Retail to Underserved Neighborhoods
Bringing a grocery store into an underserved neighborhood not only makes fresh produce and other healthy food more accessible, it can provide living-wage jobs, raise the value of surrounding property, and anchor and attract additional businesses to the neighborhood.
Guide to California's Self-Service Display Law
As of January 1, 2005, California state law (Business and Professions Code section 22962) bans the selfservice display of almost all tobacco products and tobacco paraphernalia. For tobacco products, very limited exceptions exist for specific types of specialty tobacco shops and tobacco vending machines in bars. For tobacco paraphernalia, no exceptions exist at all. This guide from TALC can help you determine whether and where a self-service display of tobacco products is permitted.
Healthy Corner Stores: The State of the Movement
Over the past decade, a growing number of advocates have begun partnering with corner store owners in low-income urban and rural communities to improve the availability and marketing of healthy, affordable foods. Some of these pioneering corner store efforts have altered the food retail landscape in low-income neighborhoods, while others have struggled to survive beyond initial grant funding. As the number of corner store projects increases, the time is ripe for a critical look at the state of the movement.
Healthy Mobile Vending Policies: A Win-Win for Vendors and Childhood Obesity Prevention Advocates
Mobile vending is loosely defined as selling food out of any portable vehicle, including trucks, carts, trailers, roadside kiosks, and stands. Mobile vendors are common in almost every community, whether as taco trucks in Los Angeles, hot dog carts in New York City, fruit stands on rural roadsides, or ice cream trucks on neighborhood streets.
