Showing posts with label environmental determinants of health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label environmental determinants of health. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Los Angeles Fast Food Moratorium

From Reuters: LA City Council passes a 1-year moratorium on fast food in several poor neighborhoods following a study that childhood obesity rates were 30% in South Los Angeles, West Adams, Baldwin Hills and Leimert Park compared to 21% in the rest of the city.

Although no existing restaurants are being closed down because of this law, and no provisions to promote the availability of low-cost healthy foods in these areas, this will make for a good case study of an interesting policy option. I'm interested to learn how the impacts of this will be evaluated.