
Policy Options for Healthier Food Environments in City-Regions: A Discussion Paper
This report was produced by the National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health. The purpose of this discussion paper is to examine policy options to support healthy food environments within a public and population health context.This discussion paper evaluates the evidence base and promising practices for city-regions in particular. It focuses on highly relevant policy options that have been identified to be of interest to public health stakeholders by the authors of this paper and the National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health.
Resource Information
Date
December 1, 2014
Author
Catherine L. Mah, Leia Minaker, and Brian Cook
Type
Report
Setting
Community Garden, Community-at-large, Grocery/Retail, Restaurant/Food Service Premise
Age
Prenatal, Infant, Toddler (1-3), Children (4-11), Youth (12-17), Adults (18-64), Older Adults (65 and over)
Topic
Chronic Disease Prevention, Food Environment
Language
English
Jurisdiction
National
Tags
chronic disease prevention, food access, food environment, food system, menu labelling, obesity, policy, retail