Strategies

Promote walking and biking to school through education, incentives, and environmental changes; often called SRTS

Prohibit the sale of unhealthy foods such as sugar sweetened beverages, candy, and other non-nutritious snacks at school fundraisers, often as part of a broader nutrition policy

Provide health care services on school premises to attending elementary, middle, and high school students; physical and mental health services provided by teams of nurses, nurse practitioners, and physicians

Increase the price of sugar sweetened beverages (e.g., soda) by adding an excise or sales tax

Explore ways to increase Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program benefit amounts for aged, blind, or disabled individuals, including children, with little or no income

Provide reminders, education, or self-management assistance for health conditions, especially chronic diseases, via text message

Provide all individuals with regular cash transfers, without conditions, over their lifetimes

Reform zoning regulations to remove exclusionary zoning codes, address physical environment aesthetics and safety, street continuity and connectivity, residential density, and mixed-use development, etc.