Strategies

Limit increases in the number and concentration of alcohol outlets by area or by population through licensing or zoning regulations

Adjust and monitor fluoride levels in public water supplies to reach and retain optimal fluoride concentrations

Use specialized courts to offer criminal offenders with drug dependency problems an alternative to adjudication or incarceration

Provide patients with prescriptions for exercise plans, often accompanied by progress checks at office visits, counseling, activity logs, and exercise testing

Provide outreach and support to assist those whose employers do not offer affordable coverage, who are self-employed, or who are unemployed

Provide messages that support physical activity to large and broad audiences using television, social media, radio, billboards, newspapers, and other print media

Regulate mental health insurance to increase access to mental health services, including treatment for substance use disorders

Deliver educational, behavioral, environmental, and other obesity prevention efforts (e.g., education classes, enhanced physical education, healthy food promotion, family outreach, etc.) in schools

Allow adults to possess a limited amount of marijuana for personal, non-medical use

Provide sealants, fluoride treatment, screening, and other preventive dental care on school grounds via partnerships with dental professionals