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Table 1 Participant interview handout of DECISIVE double-duty actions and example strategies

From: Including climate change in community-based obesity prevention interventions: a qualitative exploration of the perspectives of Australian funders

Double-duty actions

Example strategies

Eat locally

• Consume fresh foods

• Purchase seasonal fruit and vegetables that have less food miles

• Promote local food markets and ensure local markets are accessible to all community members

Eat more fruit and vegetables

• Price promotion for fruits and vegetables

• Local government funding for school fruit and vegetable gardens

• Nude food days at schools and workplaces

Eat less ultra-processed food (UPF)

• Restrict access to fast food

• Healthy food swaps

• (swap energy dense packaged foods for fresh alternatives)

• Healthy catering; avoid reliance on UPFs for workplace events

Eat less meat and more plant-based protein

• Cooking classes, recipes and demonstrations for meat alternatives

• ‘Meat-free’ days

• Plant-based protein choices on menus

Reduce consumption of sugar sweetened beverages

• Price, promotion and placement of water to increase intake

• Encourage reusable drink bottles

• Ensure free drinking water is widely available at clubs

Improve education opportunities

• Facilitate education on traditional Indigenous diets

• Add health and climate change into curriculum including renewable energy

Reduce screen time

• Promote active play

• Encourage incidental physical activity

Modal shift from motorised to active transport

• Local council to install and maintain footpaths in high pedestrian traffic areas

• Promote and encourage cycling through safe cycling infrastructure and campaigns

• Encourage public transport use with regular services and competitive pricing

Improve green space

• Local government community planning to incorporate green space in urban planning

• Local funding for community gardens

Other

 
  1. Nude foods days: Events to encourage and support the consumption of fresh and unpackaged foods e.g. fruit. Other double-duty action: This category was intentionally added to accommodate additional double-duty actions that may be identified through the testing and development of DECISIVE in this study and beyond, as the health and climate change field continues to evolve