New fast food retaurants were banned in South L.A. Obesity rates rose dramatically

via the Los Angeles Times, which wrote this excellent story

Here's an interesting look by the Rand Corp. (via the Los Angeles Times, which wrote this excellent story) at what happened when L.A. restricted the number of stand-alone fast food restaurants in South L.A.

Nothing. Well, nothing good, if you're interested in public health.

From 2007 to 2012, Rand found, the proportion of overweight and obese people increased across L.A. county, but rose significantly more in the area covered by the ban on new fast food outlets. About 700,000 people, many of them African American, live in those neighborhoods.



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