Comprehensive Planning for Healthy Eating and Active Living
Best Practices
Best practices are organized into 6 content areas. Click on the links below to learn about comprehensive plan goals, objectives, policies, and strategies in each content area. You can also work on incorporating these best practices into other plans (like bicycle and pedestrian plans, park and reacreation plans), zoning laws, and other local policies.
Urban and suburban best practices were adapted from the Healthy Living and Active Design Scorecard for Comprehensive Plans.1 Rural best practices were adapted from the Healthy Rural Community Design Scorecard version 3.1.1.2
Overall Plan, Vision, & Strategy
Active Transportation
Access to Healthy Food
References
Maiden KM, Kaplan M, Walling LA, Miller PP, Crist G. A comprehensive scoring system to measure healthy community design in land use plans and regulations. Preventive Medicine. 2017;95:S141-S147. doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.09.031
Charron LM, Joyner HR, LaGro J, Gilchrist Walker J. Research note: Development of a comprehensive plan scorecard for healthy, active rural communities. Landscape and Urban Planning. 2019;190:103582. doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2019.05.013
Photo credits
All Creative Commons via Unsplash or Flickr. Banner: Geoff Livingston. Thumbnails, clockwise from top left: Patrick Perkins, Jack Alexander, Annie Spratt, Bambi Corro, Chang Duong, Mark Goebel.