New
IOM Report Affirms Local Governments’ Role in Creating Healthy
Environments
This week, the
Institute of Medicine (IOM) released Local
Government Actions to Prevent Childhood
Obesity. The report identifies specific
actions that local governments can take to improve healthy eating
and increase physical activity in communities.
Highlighted in
the report are twelve policies that have the greatest potential for
impact, including incentive programs to attract grocery stores to
underserved areas, complete streets policies, and joint use.
The report underscores the opportunity for local communities to
promote health equity through implementation of these actions.
IOM’s careful examination of these policies and its resulting
recommendations adds another layer of consensus to the growing
momentum for environmental and policy change efforts across the
country.
In addition to
drawing on published literature, Local Government Actions to Prevent Childhood
Obesity builds on years of work from the field and
the bold efforts of communities across the country that have
pioneered innovative and promising strategies to create healthy food
and activity environments. The release of this report elevates
local governments’ and community leaders’ efforts, paving the way
for future community action.
Read
more on IOM’s new report…
Many of the policies contained in IOM’s
report can be found in Prevention Institute’s Environmental
Nutrition and Activity Community Tool (ENACT) along with tools
and resources for implementation.
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