Can We Use Architecture and Design to Foster School Food Reform?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has just published an article, authored by T. T-K. Huang and colleagues, in the journal Preventing Chronic Disease, that has some interesting ideas about how to design the physical structure of a school to undergird school food and exercise reforms.  The article, "Healthy Eating Design Guidelines for School Architecture," can be found at the following link:

http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2013/12_0084.htm

Some interesting visuals are included from actual schools in Virginia.

Alongside environmental changes suggested by Brian Wansink and colleagues, seen in their New York Times feature, one can really sense that there are ways to structure schools and food environments in them to help meet the goals of reform without all the pesky legislative battles and name-calling that often accompanies taxes, subsidy reductions, and standards creation.  We need those things, too, of course, but why not bring as many tools as possible to the fight?