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Afterschool programs in California have the potential to play a major role in obesity prevention given that they serve close to a million low‐income children. A five‐year initiative called the Healthy Eating Active Communities (HEAC) was funded in 2005 by the California Endowment to demonstrate that disparities related to childhood obesity and diabetes could be reduced in communities that offered families accessible and affordable opportunities for healthy eating and physical activity. The afterschool program setting constituted one of five key settings targeted in the initiative. This chapter describes the HEAC afterschool program initiative, reviews findings from the HEAC afterschool program nutrition and physical activity evaluation, and shares strategies that were used to implement the five‐year training and technical assistance intervention.

Purpose Research suggests that food's nutritional content and the feelings and behaviors associated with eating contribute to overall health, yet these constructs are rarely considered simultaneously. The current cross-sectional study investigated healthy eating profiles in college women that included both nutritional quality and intuitive eating (IE), with IE being an eating style that prioritizes physiological hunger/satiety cues and minimizes dieting and emotional eating. Design/Setting/Subjects Undergraduate women ( n = 352) completed an online assessment and daily diaries (80% retention). Measures Nutritionally healthy eating, IE, dieting, body dissatisfaction, disordered eating, and psychological health were examined. Analysis Latent profile analysis explored patterns of nutritionally healthy eating and IE, and determined how these patterns related to psychological and disordered eating outcomes. Results A four-profile solution emerged: 1) Dieting (high nutritionally healthy eating + intermediate IE), 2) Unhealthy Eating (low nutritionally healthy eating + low IE), 3) Intuitive Eating (moderately high nutritionally healthy eating + high IE), and 4) Non-Dieting (low nutritionally healthy eating + intermediate IE). These profiles significantly differed from one another, such that the Intuitive Eating and Non-Dieting profiles reported lower psychological distress, body mass index, and disordered eating compared to other profiles, while the Dieting and Unhealthy Eating profiles showed the healthiest and poorest nutritional eating, respectively. Conclusion These findings suggest that IE and nutritionally healthy eating are distinct factors in conceptualizing the eating patterns of college women, and both should be considered when developing interventions. Future research should replicate these findings in larger/more diverse samples and examine eating profiles longitudinally.

What, when, where and how much people eat is influenced by a complex mix of factors at societal, community and individual levels. These influences operate both directly through the food system and indirectly through political, economic, social and cultural pathways that cause social stratification and influence the quality of conditions in which people live their lives. These factors are the social determinants of inequities in healthy eating. This paper provides an overview of the current evidence base for addressing these determinants and for the promotion of equity in healthy eating.

What, when, where and how much people eat is influenced by a complex mix of factors at societal, community and individual levels. These influences operate both directly through the food system and indirectly through political, economic, social and cultural pathways that cause social stratification and influence the quality of conditions in which people live their lives. These factors are the social determinants of inequities in healthy eating. This paper provides an overview of the current evidence base for addressing these determinants and for the promotion of equity in healthy eating.

PurposeHealthy‐eating socialization is often described as a bi‐directional process, but there are only few studies on children and parent's roles in the process. This paper aims to investigate children and parents' accounts of awareness and involvement in healthy eating and how they relate it to their roles in healthy‐eating socialization.Design/methodology/approachSemi‐structured interviews were conducted with 38 families three months after a healthy‐eating intervention involving dietary advice and SMS feedback. The interviews were analysed by means of qualitative content analysis.FindingsChildren and parents identified several causes of awareness and involvement in healthy eating: new or re‐activated health knowledge, visualization of amounts, self‐regulation and planning. Children adopted two strategies in terms of family socialization: a direct strategy placing demands on parents or a cooperative strategy helping the parents. Parents initiated dialogues with family members about healthy eating and felt responsible as role models often honouring the children's demands and help.Research limitations/implicationsFindings provide a concrete empirical account of the socialization process and confirm that parents still have the superior hand, when it comes to healthy eating, but with children as active players. The authors suggest future studies to explore the development of influence and awareness of healthy eating among children and the extent to which children wish to engage in healthy‐eating socialization.Originality/valueThe study supplements previous research by including children's immediate family as a unit of analysis. By taking an intra‐familiar systemic approach to studying family socialization, future studies can take into account the family support (or lack hereof), when designing interventions and evaluating the outcomes.

The consumption of the industrial diet—characterized by highly processed, low-nutrient foods and the reduced intake of produce in its natural state, such as fruits and vegetables—is generating a large number of health and environmental concerns in the developed world. In the meantime, the public health response to food-related health issues typically focuses on healthy eating, despite the growing amount of research showing the complexity of food environments. In this article, we discuss the limitations and fragmented perspective of current "healthy eating" strategies and the obvious disconnect between public health interventions and broader food environments. We outline the transformation of food environments in recent decades and how this is shaped by shifting ways of life and forms of governance built on neoliberal principles, which in turn influence individuals' food practices. By availing of critical social theory, we suggest that the potential for change should involve a systemic, ecological understanding of the complexities involved, exposing the interdependencies within broader socioeconomic, cultural, and political contexts and current food systems processes and environments.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Boxes -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Conceptualising Urban Planning -- Conceptualising Health -- Conceptualising Healthy Built Environments -- About This Book -- References -- Part I Introducing Australia -- 1 Australia and Australia's Planning -- Introduction -- A Brief Social and Demographic Profile of Australia -- Where Do We Live? Australia's Population Geography -- Australia's Governance -- Conclusion: The Ethos of Governance in Australia -- References -- 2 Australia's Health -- Introduction -- Are Australians 'Healthy'? -- Inequalities in Health -- Risk Factors -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II Domains of Wellbeing -- Introduction -- 3 Planning for the Health of the Planet -- Introduction -- The Concept of Planetary Health -- Planning for Planetary Health Protection from an Australian Perspective -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 Planning for Physical Activity -- Introduction -- Why is Physical Activity Important? -- Physical Activity in Australia-How Are Australians Physically Active? -- How Can the Built Environment Support Physical Activity? -- Planning for Recreational Physical Activity -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 Planning for Social Interaction -- Introduction: Why Is Social Interaction Important for Health? -- How Can the Built Environment Support Social Interaction? -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 Planning for Healthy Eating -- Introduction: What Is Healthy Eating and Why Is It Important? -- Healthy Eating in Australia -- How Can the Built Environment Provide Healthy Food Options? -- Conclusion -- References -- Part III Domains of the Built Environment -- Introduction -- A Note on Density -- References -- 7 Residential Spaces.