Diet From Design: How City Planning Can Prevent Obesity

Mixed use development, a model of city design that addressesobesity through incentivisinghealthy behaviour. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) The prevalence of obesity in developed nations is a well documented phenomenon. But, perhaps surprisingly, obesity rates have also been rising in developing economies.Initiativesto curb obesityare plentiful, but a strategybased in the discipline [...]