The AIA New York Chapter,in partnership with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene,will host the seventh annual public conference to examine how design of the built environment can create opportunities for increasing physical activity and access to healthier food and beverages.
This conference will bring together architects,planners,designers,landscape architects,developers,and public health professionals to discuss how design,policy,and practice decisions can address the key health epidemics of our time:obesity and related chronic diseases such as diabetes,heart disease,some cancers,and asthma.
Conference participants will hear how the strategies included in the Active Design Guidelines,released in January 2010,are being implemented at New York City agencies,in the private sector,and in communities across the world.
