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  NEW:  Promising Strategies for Creating Healthy Eating & Active Living Environments
  
  Strategies for Enhancing the Built Environments to Support Healthy Eating & Active Living

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  A menu of strategies designed to help improve nutrition & physical activity environments on a local level

• ENACT Local Policy Database
  An online searchable database of promising local policies that affect nutrition & physical activity

• Other Resources

NUTRITION & PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

The factors that influence eating and activity, including the characteristics of the environments in which we live, play, work, and learn, are increasingly beyond an individual’s control.  Prevention Institute helps identify ways to improve community environments so that healthy eating and physical activity become the easy choice.

Increasing evidence shows that the characteristics of the physical environment, from the presence of parks to the availability of healthy foods in neighborhood stores, are directly linked to eating and activity behavior. Low income communities and communities of color often face particularly significant environmental barriers to optimal eating and activity.

Prevention Institute designs prevention-oriented strategies for improving nutrition and physical activity in underserved neighborhoods. Our efforts include synthesis of research, facilitation and training, coalition building, media advocacy, and strategic planning for government and community organizations.