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Using planning powers to promote healthy weight environments: Local authorities’ insights on the implementation gap, and creation of planning guidance to tackle local obesogenic environments

Chang Michael , Netherton Andy , Blackshaw Jamie

Background: Since the 2007 Foresight report there is better understanding of the obesogenic environment and how the planning system can impact on factors that contribute to obesity. The Town and Country Planning Association and PHE developed the Planning Healthy Weight Environment Framework. Little is known about how planners and public health professionals view the relevance of this Framework in practice. This research aims to understand their awareness of planning powers ava...

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Using planning powers to promote healthy weight environments: Local authorities’ insights on the implementation gap, and creation of planning guidance to tackle local obesogenic environments

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