The food environment has taken on much of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Evidence shows people's relationship and access to the food environment is a determinant of their health and wellbeing, and in relation to prevalence of chronic and non-communicable diseases. The spatial planning system forms part of a whole systems action in shaping the environment in a way that maximises population health gain. While these practices have had varying degrees of success, the sudden introduction and spread of COVID-19, and the responses to it, has forced us to re-examine the utility of current planning practice, particularly the impact on inequalities. In this commentary we aim to explore the post-pandemic role of spatial planning as a mechanism for improving public health by highlight a whole system perspective on the food environment, referring to experiences in Wales as a case study, and concluding with observation on future consumer trends around access to food.

食物环境已经承受了 COVID-19 大流行的大部分影响。有证据表明，人们与食物环境的关系和获取是他们健康和福祉的决定因素，并且与慢性病和非传染性疾病的流行有关。空间规划系统构成了以最大化人口健康收益的方式塑造环境的整个系统行动的一部分。虽然这些做法取得了不同程度的成功，但 COVID-19 的突然引入和传播以及对它的反应，迫使我们重新审视当前规划实践的效用，尤其是对不平等的影响。在这篇评论中，我们旨在通过突出食物环境的整体系统视角来探索大流行后空间规划作为改善公共卫生的机制的作用，