A solution to Obesity
I know, let's declare a moratorium on new Fast Food Restaurants.
The city of Las Angeles is trying this very thing -
from MS/NBC / AP:
L.A. OKs moratorium on fast-food restaurants
In bid to fight obesity, city imposes one-year ban in poor neighborhoods
City officials are putting South Los Angeles on a diet.
The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to place a moratorium on new fast food restaurants in an impoverished swath of the city with a proliferation of such eateries and above average rates of obesity.
The yearlong moratorium is intended to give the city time to attract restaurants that serve healthier food. The action, which the mayor must still sign into law, is believed to be the first of its kind by a major city to protect public health.
Of course:
The California Restaurant Association and its members will consider a legal challenge to the ordinance, spokesman Andrew Casana said.
And some statistics:
Thirty percent of adults in South Los Angeles area are obese, compared to 19.1 percent for the metropolitan area and 14.1 percent for the affluent Westside, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
It will be interesting to see what pans out...
Posted by DaveH at July 30, 2008 9:30 PM