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Missed the Thriving Foodscapes Approach webinar? Watch Gil Penalosa and Gehl explore how urban design shapes what we eat and how cities can create healthier, more equitable food environments.
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Expanding prevention work over the next four years to deliver better health at scale. Proud to see this partnership growing.🤝💪 #CitiesForBetterHealth #ChildhoodObesity
Growing up healthy should be a given.
That’s why we’re expanding our partnership with @UNICEF — with a shared ambition to reach more than 80 million children by 2030.
Learn more in our press release here: novonordisk.com/content/nnco…
Read Jo Jewell's reflections on the third phase of the UNICEF partnership and how to take local change to scale 👉 tinyurl.com/47pb9uhn
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How can YOUR neighborhood shape what YOU EAT?
Thriving foodscapes. How urban design shapes what we eat.
Presented by Adriana Akers & Clara Bitter, Gehl
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#Cities4Everyone The Webinar Series
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⏰ Today. The Thriving Foodscapes Approach webinar shows how urban design shapes what we eat and how cities can create healthier, more equitable food environments.
📅 22 Sep, 11am EDT / 5pm CET
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🍎 How does urban design shape what we eat?
Join Gil Penalosa with Gehl for the Thriving Foodscapes Approach webinar exploring how cities can turn everyday spaces into places for healthier eating and gathering.
📅 22 Sep, 11am EDT / 5pm CET
👉 Register tinyurl.com/3x5kjare
#CitiesForBetterHealth #HealthyFood
@citiesforpeople
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🇧🇪Mechelen just became the first Belgian city to join #CitiesforBetterHealth!
A cycling parade and festival launched Fietshelden (Cycling Heroes), a three-year programme that teaches kids at four primary schools to cycle safely to school, to hobbies or to friends. 🚲
#CitiesForBetterHealth #PhysicalActivity
@StadMechelen @BYCS_org @Mobiel21 @UrbanYouthGames
Learn more about how Mechelen is bringing movement to everyday routines for children 👉 tinyurl.com/3saubwcr
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Big news for urban health in Italy 🇮🇹!
Earlier this summer, Florence joined Cities for Better Health – Metropolitan Mayor Sara Funaro signed the city’s commitment to healthier and more equitable urban living for all residents.
#CitiesForBetterHealth #UrbanHealth
@sarafunaro @comuni_anci
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👉Read more: tinyurl.com/3esscdkx
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Four workshops. 80 participants. Over 50 hours of co-design.
🇦🇺Logan, Australia's COPI work turned local knowledge and global evidence into a Package of 7 Local Solutions — now being adapted community by community to guide what's next for children's health.
#CitiesForBetterHealth #COPI
@LoganTogether
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👉 Full recap report: tinyurl.com/39w9jad2
💬 More reflections from local partners: tinyurl.com/mrychsam
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A cost barrier, removed.
Since 2025, Turku has used its Boostii benefit to cover sports club fees for every resident aged 7–19. Youth club membership grew 11% in the first year. Now the city brings the model to Kuntamarkkinat this week. 🏃
#CitiesForBetterHealth #PhysicalActivity
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Big step in Campinas 🇧🇷 The city's Mayor has formalised Passos para uma Vida Melhor as permanent municipal policy — securing long-term commitment to healthy living and NCD prevention.
A strong example of public-private partnership in action.
#CitiesForBetterHealth #NCDPrevention
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🔗Read more: tinyurl.com/4wnxmm2b
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🍍Mérida's Lucas de Gálvez Market has a new look.
#CitiesForBetterHealth worked with Gehl and the Mérida City Council to widen pedestrian areas, improve sidewalks and add trees — creating a more welcoming space that puts fresh, local food within easy reach.
#UrbanHealth
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🌍 Last month at #ICO2026 in Mexico City, place-based prevention took the stage!
Johanna Ralston, Patricia Field, Cecilia De Bustos and Tiffany Bartlett unpacked what city stakeholders can do to build healthier, more equitable communities.
#CitiesForBetterHealth #UrbanHealth
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📖Read more from @JoMJewell tinyurl.com/4adb4zhk
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🚐 Real change for children takes more than one solution.
"What matters is bringing together policies that improve food environments, programmes that build children’s confidence and support that helps healthier habits continue at home." — @cdebustos1, UNICEF Mexico
Nutrimóvil is one piece of a much bigger puzzle.
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