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Food Environments and Planning Afternoon workshop session Michael Chang, Project and Policy Manager, Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) www.tcpa.org.uk/pages/health.html @CulturePlanning

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Planning healthy weight environments Dec 2014 (Phase 3) • Parliamentary launch Dec 2014 • Set out a coherent set of elements to consider in developments to ensure a healthy weight environment • Focus on development management issues • 7 collaborative workshops to inform findings, and identify issues in practice and examples of approaches

What could a ‘healthy weight environment’ development look like? “A healthy weight environment helps rather than hinders people to avoid being overweight or obese through how the place is designed and what it provides”

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Michael Chang, TCPA Michael.Chang@tcpa.org.uk www.tcpa.org.uk www.tcpa.org.uk/pages/health.html @CulturePlanning www.tcpa.org.uk @thetcpa #gardencities