{"id":7565,"date":"2009-04-24T01:00:03","date_gmt":"2009-04-24T06:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=7565"},"modified":"2009-04-23T22:00:08","modified_gmt":"2009-04-24T03:00:08","slug":"fast-food-too-close-to-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/04\/fast-food-too-close-to-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Fast Food too Close to Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"teen-eating-french-fries\"<\/a>Where there are fast-food restaurants<\/a>, you will likely find obese people. And that’s just as true for kids who have them close to their schools. If logic isn’t enough, a study has confirmed it.<\/p>\n

A new report has found there to be an increased obesity rate<\/a> of at least 5.2 percent among teenagers at schools where fast-food outlets were a tenth of a mile or less away. That’s only about one city block, so it’s believable that the kids would partake in a little take-out.<\/p>\n

Eric N. Gioia, a city councilman from Queens, New York. wants to stop fast-food restaurants from opening so close to the city\u2019s schools.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the proliferation of fast-food restaurants directly around schools, it\u2019s a clear and present danger to our children\u2019s health<\/a>,\u201d says Gioia, who proposed the ban at a news conference.<\/p>\n

Under Mr. Gioia\u2019s proposal, new fast-food restaurants would not be prohibited within a tenth of a mile of schools (about a city block), with existing restaurants being exempt. It sounds like a flawed proposal. Look for new fast-food restaurants two blocks <\/em>from New York City schools.<\/p>\n

Even though Mr. Gioia says that the ban should be accompanied by other adjustments, being in a free society, it will be hard to legislate away bad food choices.<\/p>\n

(via: New York Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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