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Downtown Initiatives: Fighting Obesity Through Urban Planning and Design

This article explores innovative strategies employed by downtown areas, particularly in NYC, to combat obesity. By enhancing food choices, promoting pedestrian and bike activity, and regulating unhealthy options like large sugary drinks, cities are making strides toward healthier living. Improvements include mixed land-use development, better access to public transit, open spaces, and full-service grocery stores, as well as designing pedestrian-friendly streets and encouraging stair use. These urban enhancements aim to foster a culture of wellness and physical activity within communities.

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Downtown Initiatives: Fighting Obesity Through Urban Planning and Design

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  1. The weight is over How Downtowns are Joining the Fight Against Obesity

  2. The weight is over – NYC • Planning, Design & Transportation • Increased Food Choice • Nurturing Pedestrian & Bike Activity • Regulation • Caloric Info • Large Sugar Drinks Ban

  3. The weight is over How Downtowns are Joining the Fight Against Obesity

  4. The weight is over – NYC • develop and maintain mixed land use in city neighborhoods; • improve access to transit and transit facilities; • improve access to plazas, parks, open spaces, and recreational facilities, and design these spaces to maximize their active use where appropriate; • improve access to full-service grocery stores and fresh produce; • design accessible, pedestrian-friendly streets with high connectivity, traffic calming features, landscaping, lighting, benches, and water fountains; • facilitate bicycling for recreation and transportation by developing continuous bicycle networks and incorporating infrastructure like safe indoor and outdoor bicycle parking.

  5. The weight is over - NYC • increase stair use among the able-bodied by providing a conveniently located stair for everyday use, posting motivational signage to encourage stair use, and designing visible, appealing and comfortable stairs; • locate building functions to encourage brief bouts of walking to shared spaces such as mail and lunch rooms, provide appealing, supportive walking routes within buildings; • provide facilities that support exercise such as centrally visible physical activity spaces, showers, locker rooms, secure bicycle storage, and drinking fountains; • design building exteriors and massing that contribute to a pedestrian- friendly urban environment and that include maximum variety and transparency, multiple entries, stoops, and canopies.

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