Advancing Obesity Solutions through Investments in the Built Environment and Transportation: A Workshop

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The built environment—the physical world made up of the homes, buildings, streets, and infrastructure within which people live, work, and play—underwent changes during the 20th and 21st centuries that contributed to a sharp decline in physical activity and affected access to healthy foods. Those developments contributed in turn to the weight gain observed among Americans in recent decades. Many believe, therefore, that policies and practices that affect the built environment could affect obesity rates in the United States and improve the health of Americans.

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a workshop in September 2017 to improve understanding of the roles played by the built environment in the prevention and treatment of obesity and to identify promising strategies in multiple sectors that can be scaled up to create more healthful and equitable environments. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.

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100 pages · 6 x 9 · paperback
ISBN Paperback: 0-309-47459-0
ISBN Ebook: 0-309-47460-4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/25074

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The built environment—the physical world made up of the homes, buildings, streets, and infrastructure within which we all live, work, and play—underwent changes during the 20th and 21st centuries. These changes contributed to a sharp decline in physical activity and affected access to healthy foods, which added to the weight gain observed among Americans in recent decades. As such, policies and practices that affect the built environment could affect obesity rates in the United States and improve the health of Americans. On September 12, 2017, the Roundtable on Obesity Solutions held a workshop to examine how investments in the built environment contribute to the prevention and treatment of obesity and the overall health of communities. Specifically, presenters discussed successful multisector strategies that encourage physical activity and improve diet, equity, environmental justice, and overall community health and well-being, as well as discussed approaches for scaling up and institutionalizing these strategies to advance obesity solutions. This publication briefly summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.

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ISBN Ebook: 0-309-46887-6
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/24963

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Advancing Obesity Solutions Through Investments in the Built Environment: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

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