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Join us for three webinars this summer on strategies for creating healthier stores in your community. We’ll look at tools to support healthy corner store initiatives, and offer tips for working with local government and...
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In the past year, a few groups have become increasingly active in opposing local tobacco retailer licensing ordinances throughout California. In this webinar from the Center for Tobacco Policy and Organizing, a project of the...
Maybe, although a recent court ruling placed some limits on this type of requirement. A federal court struck down a local law requiring health warning signs near tobacco displays and the point of sale, but...
Model Legal Document
A number of cities have established programs to encourage food retailers, especially corner stores, to stock healthier products. To strengthen efforts like these, we developed the Model Licensing Ordinance for Healthy Food Retailers . This...
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Corner store advocates around the country are exploring how to work with local government to incentivize and sustain healthy changes in small stores. In some communities, that means developing new policies; in others, local leaders...
Model Legal Document
School locations can have a major impact on children’s health. Although school districts generally make the key decisions about where schools are located, local governments can play an important role, and land dedication ordinances (known...
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Eating healthier foods — including more fresh fruits and vegetables — helps to reduce the risk of obesity and chronic disease. Families and children from low-income communities and communities of color are less likely to...
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Local government leaders are in a unique position to promote healthy eating and active living in their communities by supporting community gardens. Community gardens are places where neighbors and residents can gather to cultivate plants,...
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Streets are key public spaces, and often make up a major proportion of the land in a given town or area. Across America, streets are frequently built with the sole goal of moving cars, with...
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Today millions of Americans live in what we call "sprawl" – communities where cars are the primary mode of transportation, and it can be difficult for residents to walk, bike, or take public transportation to...
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Advocates are looking for ways to fund projects that will bring healthy food into their communities. What federal, state, and local agencies have resources to support these efforts? This webinar offers an overview of how...
Fact Sheet
In 2011, we joined researchers at the University of California, San Francisco and California Food Policy Advocates to examine drinking water access, policies and practices, and barriers to improving water consumption in California public schools...
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Healthy food retailer certification programs reward stores that are providing healthy food to the community. These programs can have an array of benefits. Participating stores get free publicity and community support for increasing revenue from...
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While there is no right way to carry out and enforce a local tobacco retailer licensing (TRL) program, one common characteristic of successful programs is early planning for implementation and enforcement that engages all the...
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Ethnic minority youth are hardest hit by the obesity epidemic. Although the marketing of junk food to youth is the subject of much research and exploration, less emphasis is given to marketing that specifically targets...
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Promoting tap water as an alternative to sugary beverages in schools is an important obesity prevention strategy. But many schools are struggling to make free drinking water more accessible. Federal law requires schools participating in...
Fact Sheet,
Model Legal Document
Bicycling is a great way to get around, letting children and adults get healthy physical activity while easily traveling a few miles. One clear impediment to bicycle use is a lack of safe and convenient...
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Big Tobacco knows the heyday of the cigarette is over. But it’s not going down without a fight. Tobacco companies are clever: they’re modifying some products to get around cigarette sales restrictions, and they’ve developed...
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Many elements of a community's built environment contribute to making streets attractive for walking. Features such as short blocks, pedestrian-scale lighting, shade trees, and buffers from traffic combine to make pedestrians feel safe and comfortable...
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Promoting tap water as an alternative to sugary beverages in schools is an important obesity prevention strategy. But many schools are struggling to make free drinking water more accessible. Federal law requires schools participating in...