#4: GOAL: Recommended Community Strategies and Measurements to Prevent Obesity in the United States: Implementation and Measurement Guide (Centers for Disease Control, 2009) Strategies to Promote the Availability of Affordable Healthy Foods and Beverages Strategy 1. Increase Availability of Healthier Food and Beverage Choices in Public Service Venues Strategy 2. Improve Availability of Affordable Healthier Food and Beverage Choices in Public Service Venues Strategy 3. Improve Geographic Availability of Supermarkets in Underserved Areas Strategy 4. Provide Incentives to Food Retailers to Locate in and/or Offer Healthier Food and Beverage Choices in Underserved Areas Strategy 5. Improve Availability of Mechanisms for Purchasing Foods from Farms Strategy 6. Provide Incentives for the Production, Distribution, and Procurement of Foods from Local Farms Strategies to Support Healthy Food and Beverage Choices Strategy 7. Restrict Availability of Less Healthy Foods and Beverages in Public Service Venues Strategy 8. Institute Smaller Portion Size Options in Public Service Venues Strategy 9. Limit Advertisements of Less Healthy Foods and Beverages Strategy 10. Discourage Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Strategy to Encourage Breastfeeding Strategy 11. Increase Support for Breastfeeding Strategies to Encourage Physical Activity or Limit Sedentary Activity Among Children and Youth Strategy 12. Require Physical Education in Schools Strategy 13. Increase the Amount of Physical Activity in PE Programs in Schools Strategy 14. Increase Opportunities for Extracurricular Physical Activity Strategy 15. Reduce Screen Time in Public Service Venues Strategies to Create Safe Communities That Support Physical Activity Strategy 16. Improve Access to Outdoor Recreational Facilities Strategy 17. Enhance infrastructure supporting bicycling Strategy 18. Enhance infrastructure supporting walking Strategy 19. Support Locating Schools within Easy Walking Distance of Residential Areas Strategy 20. Improve Access to Public Transportation Strategy 21. Zone for Mixed-Use Development Strategy 22. Enhance personal safety in areas where persons are or could be physically active Strategy 23. Enhance traffic safety in areas where persons are or could be physically active Strategy to Encourage Communities to Organize for Change Strategy 24. Participate in Community Coalitions or Partnerships to Address Obesity
#4: GOAL: Recommended Community Strategies and Measurements to Prevent Obesity in the United States: Implementation and Measurement Guide (Centers for Disease Control, 2009) Strategies to Promote the Availability of Affordable Healthy Foods and Beverages Strategy 1. Increase Availability of Healthier Food and Beverage Choices in Public Service Venues Strategy 2. Improve Availability of Affordable Healthier Food and Beverage Choices in Public Service Venues Strategy 3. Improve Geographic Availability of Supermarkets in Underserved Areas Strategy 4. Provide Incentives to Food Retailers to Locate in and/or Offer Healthier Food and Beverage Choices in Underserved Areas Strategy 5. Improve Availability of Mechanisms for Purchasing Foods from Farms Strategy 6. Provide Incentives for the Production, Distribution, and Procurement of Foods from Local Farms Strategies to Support Healthy Food and Beverage Choices Strategy 7. Restrict Availability of Less Healthy Foods and Beverages in Public Service Venues Strategy 8. Institute Smaller Portion Size Options in Public Service Venues Strategy 9. Limit Advertisements of Less Healthy Foods and Beverages Strategy 10. Discourage Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Strategy to Encourage Breastfeeding Strategy 11. Increase Support for Breastfeeding Strategies to Encourage Physical Activity or Limit Sedentary Activity Among Children and Youth Strategy 12. Require Physical Education in Schools Strategy 13. Increase the Amount of Physical Activity in PE Programs in Schools Strategy 14. Increase Opportunities for Extracurricular Physical Activity Strategy 15. Reduce Screen Time in Public Service Venues Strategies to Create Safe Communities That Support Physical Activity Strategy 16. Improve Access to Outdoor Recreational Facilities Strategy 17. Enhance infrastructure supporting bicycling Strategy 18. Enhance infrastructure supporting walking Strategy 19. Support Locating Schools within Easy Walking Distance of Residential Areas Strategy 20. Improve Access to Public Transportation Strategy 21. Zone for Mixed-Use Development Strategy 22. Enhance personal safety in areas where persons are or could be physically active Strategy 23. Enhance traffic safety in areas where persons are or could be physically active Strategy to Encourage Communities to Organize for Change Strategy 24. Participate in Community Coalitions or Partnerships to Address Obesity