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

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How can investments in the built environment advance obesity solutions? On September 12, 2017, the Roundtable on Obesity Solutions held a workshop that explored the roles built environment policies and practices play in the prevention and treatment of obesity and highlighted promising, scalable, multi-sector strategies to create more healthful and equitable environments. Built environment topics that were covered included urban planning and design, transportation systems, parks and recreation, and food systems.

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Advancing Obesity Solutions Through Investments in the Built Environment: Proceedings of a Workshop

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2018

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 dev...

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