New Fast Food Restaurants Banned For One Year in LA

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by Lamar Tyler | on July 30th, 2008 | 1 comment

The LA City Council passed a law yesterday that put a one year ban on the opening of any new fast food restaurants in South LA. They’ve targeted this area which has a child obesity rate of 30% when compared to 25% for the rest of the city. Their aim is to encourage more sit down restaurants with healthier food choices to open in the area.

Be on the lookout for a post we’ll be doing soon. We’ve found a quick and healthy food choice that your kids will enjoy. We’ll share it with you later this week!

Click here for the full story in the LA Times

BMWK, do you think this was a smart move by the LA City Council? Will it make a difference? What would you do to combat high child obesity?

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Lamar and Ronnie Tyler are the creators of the award-winning blog BlackandMarriedWithKids.com . They also are behind the Amazon.com bestselling DVDs Happily Ever After: A Positive Image of Black Marriage, You Saved Me and Men Ain’t Boys that explores manhood in the African American community. The Tylers are also the proud parents of four children.

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I like “slow” food so that’s fine with me.
They need to work more on businesses with healthy-fast food like Pret a Manger. People can’t always sit down on a lunch break.

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