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Childhood Obesity Report Calls For Government Regulations to Limit Access to ‘Unhealthy’ Restaurant Chains(CNSNews.com) - A newly released report by the Institute for Medicine and the National Research Council details strategies for local governments to combat what it calls an epidemic of childhood obesity, including enacting zoning and land-use regulations that would “restrict fast food establishments near school grounds and public playgrounds.â€*snip*The report, unveiled at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington on Tuesday, also advises local governments to impose higher taxes “to discourage consumption of foods and beverages that have minimal nutritional value†and to mandate that chain restaurants (those with 20 or more stores) provide caloric information on menus. When asked by CNSNews.com if regulating where restaurants can be built could harm communities by taking away jobs, committee members said the report presents “options†and that studies show that fast food restaurants are disproportionately located in low-income and minority neighborhoods.*snip*“One of things that has been shown in studies all across the country is that there is a proliferation of certain types of restaurants in certain neighborhoods,†said Adewale Troutman, director of the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness in Louisville, Ky.
maudiemaude (3 hours ago) The bloated Troutman and Yancy aren't concerned about abortion clinics "disproportionately in certain communities". How about that for a culture change?
IIRC, there was a city in Califruitopia that banned fast food joints being built in minority neighborhoods.
Since the fattest people in the country are shut ins and by definition don't go to fast food places, how exactly is this going to help? Surely people will just drive to a nearby outlet.
It'll help the businesses that deliver - mainly pizza and hot sandwich shops currently. To some, a problem - to others, an opportunity!
So they don't even get the minimal calorie expenditure of walking to the shop. Yet another liberal success story.
U cannot haz cheezburgr. Mmmmmm...cheezburgr...
Beat me to it. Damn Tankers...
The fat tax is coming.
It's that old "Law of Unintended Consequences" at work, it seems to bite the Liberals in the ass on a regular basis.
They'll also put lots of folks out of work. Lots of people who live in "those areas" also work in "those areas".
Yep. So how's that Hope and Change workin' out for you Shaniqua?