The forthcoming Public Health England toolkit on influencing the out-of-home food environment should provide a useful basis for the development of evidence-based strategies relating to fast-food provision. The emerging evidence of what works is summarised in Box 9, and includes a range of actions – from supporting retailers to make healthier options available, to making (better) use of local public health data to support planning decisions.
Over 20 English councils have now introduced restrictions on the opening of new fast-food outlets. 3
Box 9: Effective approaches for ‘tipping the scales’ by influencing locally available food and drink options 4
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References
- A. Ross, “Obesity-based policies to restrict hot food takeaways: progress by local planning authorities in England – final draft consultancy,” 2013
- Local Government Association, “Tipping the scales. Case studies on the use of planning powers to limit fast food takeaways,” 2016
- A. Ross, “Obesity-based policies to restrict hot food takeaways: progress by local planning authorities in England – final draft consultancy,” 2013
- Local Government Association, “Tipping the scales. Case studies on the use of planning powers to limit fast food takeaways,” 2016