Heather Wooten, MCP · Heather Wooten, MCP [email protected] Built Environment: Health + Wealth ....
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Connect Health Policy + Built Environment Policy
� Land Use
� Economic Development
� Redevelopment
� Transportation
market forces + public policy =
“food landscape”
Source: California Center for Public Health Advocacy,
“Searching For Healthy Food: The Food Landscape In California Cities and Counties”
CA’s Food Retail Environment
Source: CA Center for Public Health Advocacy, http://www.publichealthadvocacy.org/searchingforhealthyfood.html
CA’s Food Retail Environment
Source: CA Center for Public Health Advocacy, http://www.publichealthadvocacy.org/searchingforhealthyfood.html
CA’s Food Retail Environment
Source: CA Center for Public Health Advocacy, http://www.publichealthadvocacy.org/searchingforhealthyfood.html
Supermarket proximity is
associated with a better diet.
Limited access to fast food
for schoolchildren is
associated with better diet.
Use built environment policy for win-wins
Healthy Eating Research Brief 2008; Davis & Carpenter 2009; Active Living Research Brief 2007
Update Plans and PoliciesSupport access to and long-term tenure of land for local food system activities
Set standards and priorities for improving food access in underserved neighborhoods
Grocery Stores
Provide adequate healthy food options in
the city. Ensure that more than 75% of
the households in the city
live within ½ mile of a full-service
grocery store, fresh produce market, an
ethnic market, or a convenience store
that stocks fresh produce.
RICHMOND, CA
The attraction and retention of
high quality grocery stores and
other healthy food purveyors
should be pursued as an
economic development
strategy for the City.
SOUTH GATE, CA
strategies for grocery
� Fresh food financing (grants/loans)
�Tax incentives
�Comprehensive planning and zoning
�Site/location assistance
�Workforce development
� Local hire policy
� Living wage policy
Fast Food / Restaurants
Political Acceptability of Fast Food Regulations
But don’t fast food restaurants
…create jobs?
…bring in tax revenue?
…offer convenient, cheap meals?
New drive-through restaurants
should be discouraged from
locating near public and
private schools.
SOUTH GATE, CA
strategies for restaurants
�Healthy food zones (esp. near schools)
�Incentives for retailers that offer healthy
items
Resources
Fact Sheets Model Policies
www.healthyplanning.org