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Assessing the San Diego County Food System: Indicators for a More
Food Secure Future
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This assessment is the product of collaboration among a unique
coalition of governmental, public health, social service,
environmental and agricultural experts from throughout San Diego
County and is intended to serve as a catalyst for community based
policy change. In particular, the goal of this document is to
examine the overall viability of the food system in San Diego
County and in so doing, to identify key steps necessary to
strengthen the foundation for a thriving local food system.
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At the
Intersection of Public Health & Transportation: Promoting
Healthy Transportation Policy
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This report provides evidence-based information about how
transportation policy and practice affect public health.
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Healthy City with a Healthy Workforce |
Preventable chronic diseases account for more than 75% of all
healthcare expenditures. Health care and lost productivity
from overweight, obesity, and physical inactivity cost California
more than $41 billion in 2006. This fact sheet offers ideas
for policies that cities can adopt to create healthier food and
physical activity environments for their employees.
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Changes in the Women,
Infants & Children (WIC) Food Packages
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This toolkit was created for advocates looking to partner with
small food retailers and local WIC programs to increase the
availability of healthy food in underserved neighborhoods.
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County
of San Diego Health & Human Services Agency Lactation
Policy
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The Health & Human Services Agency lactation policy promotes
a workplace environment for employees who wish to pump or express
her breast milk in a clean, secure and private designated space at
a worksite.
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Getting
to Grocery: Tools for Attracting Healthy Food Retail to Underserved
Neighborhoods
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Most cities would like to attract and develop healthy food
retail, but they face many challenges. This guide offers an
understanding of building and leveraging economic development
strategies and partnerships that can help communities advance their
healthy food retail goals.
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Healthy
Food for All: Building Equitable and Sustainable Food Systems in
Detroit and Oakland
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Studies find that improved access to supermarkets and healthier
foods corresponds with better eating habits and lower rates of
obesity and illness. This report provides case studies of two
cities that are taking innovative steps to repair their food
delivery networks.
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How to Create
and Implement Healthy General Plans: A Toolkit for Building
Healthy, Vibrant Communities Through Land Use Policy
Change
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A community's general plan, or land use policy, can be a tool to
help guide development of improved community health. This
toolkit provides advice and strategies on how to include
health-supporting policies in general plans and how to create
partnerships to facilitate policy implementation.
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Parks for
Everyone: Green Access for San Diego County
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The San Diego Foundation has released its Parks for Everyone
report that highlights the disparities that exist in the San Diego
region with respect to access to green space. The report,
spearheaded by The City Project and The San Diego Foundation, uses
geographic, demographic, and economic data to map and assess the
overall accessibility of the region's green space. In addition, the
report examines the equity of green space access by analyzing
whether certain groups of people, based on income level, race or
ethnicity, have more or less access to these resources.
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Promoting Healthy
Communities and Reducing Childhood Obesity: Legislative
Options
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This report summarizes state legislation proposed and passed in
two broad policy categories-the first category addresses policy
approaches aimed at nutrition and physical education in schools,
while the latter examines land use, transportation and agricultural
options.
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Recipes for
Change: Healthy Food in Every Community
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The paper outlines organizational practices and public policies
to expand access to healthy foods in support of healthy eating and
better overall health, particularly in low-income
neighborhoods.
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The
Transportation Prescription: Bold New Ideas for Healthy, Equitable
Transportation Reform in America
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This report demonstrates that transportation policy and land use
policies affect the health, environmental and economic needs of the
country. It provides recommendations for forward-thinking
transportation policies, which must promote healthy, green, safe,
accessible, and affordable ways of getting where we need to go.
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White House Task
Force on Childhood Obesity Report to the President: Solving the
Problem of Childhood Obesity Within a Generation
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This report outlines 70 policy and environmental actions that
can be taken by private and public agencies, including the federal
government, and families to significantly reduce childhood obesity.
The plan follows the pillars of the First Lady's Let's Move!
campaign: (1) empowering parents and caregivers; (2) providing
healthy foods in schools; (3) improving access to healthy,
affordable foods; and (4) increasing physical activity.
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