A new report from the Institute of Medicine focues on environmental strateiges to increase healthy eating and fitness.
Examples focus on policy changes that can be made at the local level:
Zoning restrictions on fast-food restaurants near schools and playgrounds,
community policing to improve safety around public recreational sites,
requirements that publicly run after-school programs limit video game and TV time,
and taxes on high-calorie, low-nutrient foods and drinks ( or tax the ingrediants that industry uses to make them...like high fructose corn syrup....so industry bears the tax burden not consumers)
Press Release that summarizes the report
Project Web page
Report Brief
It is easier to change the environment than to change individual behavior.
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