In recent years, leading public health authorities have recommended improving the retail food environment to make healthier foods more accessible among underserved populations. This is one among a portfolio of strategies that can support individuals and families in improving diet and may lead to preventing or reducing obesity. To implement this strategy, some states have enacted legislation to attract grocery stores and supermarkets to underserved communities and to improve the quality of the foods that are sold at small corner stores.
CDC's new report, State Initiatives Supporting Healthier Food Retail: An Overview of the National Landscape, provides readers with useful information about the rationale for and characteristics of healthier food retail legislation enacted in the last decade. Using CDC's newly updated State Legislative and Regulatory Action Database (SLRA) and the National Conference of State Legislatures' Healthy Community Design Legislative Database, an analysis of relevant bills enacted between January 2001 and January 2011 was conducted. The full text of each bill was retrieved from the state's legislative Web site and analyzed to systematically capture and categorize key components of enacted legislation.
The report also provides public health practitioners and their partners with potential action steps that can be used to inform and educate others about the benefits of improved access to fruit and vegetables and other healthier foods through Healthier Food Retail initiatives in their state. Gain insight into what's happening around the country by reading this report and find out what legislation in your state supports a healthier food retail environment by visiting:
http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/downloads/Healthier_Food_Retail.pdf?s_cid=govD_dnpao_146
State Based Programs Tools & Resources
State Legislative and Regulatory Action to Prevent Obesity and Improve Nutrition and Physical Activity Database (SLRA)
http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/DNPALeg/index.asp?s_cid=govD_dnpao_149
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