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

by Food and Nutrition Board, Roundtable on Obesity Solutions, Institute of Medicine, et al.

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 developments contributed in turn to the weight gain observed among Americans in recent decades. Many believe, therefore, that policies and practices that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309474590
• ISBN13: 9780309474597
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 100 Pages