Healthy Community Design and Access to Healthy Food Legislation

Users can search legislation related to healthy community design and access to healthy food. Topics include: farmer’s markets, land use, transportation, obesity, nutrition, and physical activity. BackgroundThe Healthy Community Design and Access to Healthy Food Legislation Database is maintained by the National Conference of State Legislatures. This database allows users to track legislation related to healthy community design and access to healthy food. Topics include, but are not limited to farmer’s markets, land use, transportation, obesity, nutrition, super market access, biking and physical activity. User FunctionalityUsers can search state legislatio n regarding topics related to community design and access to healthy food according to topic, keyword, bill type, year, and/or bill status (i.e., active, inactive, adopted, vetoed). Users can view summaries of state legislation. Data NotesLegislation information is available from 2004 to present and is available on a state level. The website does not indicate when legislation information is updated.