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All change. Has COVID-19 transformed the way we need to plan for a healthier and more equitable food environment?
The food environment has taken on much of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Evidence shows people's relationship and access to the food environment is a determinant of their health and wellbeing, and in relation to prevalence of chronic and non-communicable diseases. The spatial planning sys...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7610241/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41289-020-00143-5 |
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description | The food environment has taken on much of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Evidence shows people's relationship and access to the food environment is a determinant of their health and wellbeing, and in relation to prevalence of chronic and non-communicable diseases. The spatial planning system forms part of a whole systems action in shaping the environment in a way that maximises population health gain. While these practices have had varying degrees of success, the sudden introduction and spread of COVID-19, and the responses to it, has forced us to re-examine the utility of current planning practice, particularly the impact on inequalities. In this commentary we aim to explore the post-pandemic role of spatial planning as a mechanism for improving public health by highlight a whole system perspective on the food environment, referring to experiences in Wales as a case study, and concluding with observation on future consumer trends around access to food. |
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spelling | pubmed-76102412020-11-05 All change. Has COVID-19 transformed the way we need to plan for a healthier and more equitable food environment? Chang, Michael Green, Liz Cummins, Steve Urban Des Int Practitioner Article The food environment has taken on much of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Evidence shows people's relationship and access to the food environment is a determinant of their health and wellbeing, and in relation to prevalence of chronic and non-communicable diseases. The spatial planning system forms part of a whole systems action in shaping the environment in a way that maximises population health gain. While these practices have had varying degrees of success, the sudden introduction and spread of COVID-19, and the responses to it, has forced us to re-examine the utility of current planning practice, particularly the impact on inequalities. In this commentary we aim to explore the post-pandemic role of spatial planning as a mechanism for improving public health by highlight a whole system perspective on the food environment, referring to experiences in Wales as a case study, and concluding with observation on future consumer trends around access to food. Palgrave Macmillan UK 2020-11-04 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC7610241/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41289-020-00143-5 Text en © Springer Nature Limited 2020 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Practitioner Article Chang, Michael Green, Liz Cummins, Steve All change. Has COVID-19 transformed the way we need to plan for a healthier and more equitable food environment? |
title | All change. Has COVID-19 transformed the way we need to plan for a healthier and more equitable food environment? |
title_full | All change. Has COVID-19 transformed the way we need to plan for a healthier and more equitable food environment? |
title_fullStr | All change. Has COVID-19 transformed the way we need to plan for a healthier and more equitable food environment? |
title_full_unstemmed | All change. Has COVID-19 transformed the way we need to plan for a healthier and more equitable food environment? |
title_short | All change. Has COVID-19 transformed the way we need to plan for a healthier and more equitable food environment? |
title_sort | all change. has covid-19 transformed the way we need to plan for a healthier and more equitable food environment? |
topic | Practitioner Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7610241/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41289-020-00143-5 |
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