LA goes on a diet!!!!!!!! Ain't nothing new about that!!!!!!! But now diets will be enforced by LAW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


By CHRISTINA HOAG
Associated Press Writer

Matt Sayles

LOS ANGELES -- City officials are putting South Los Angeles on a diet. The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to place a moratorium on new fast food restaurants in an impoverished swath of the city with a proliferation of such eateries and above average rates of obesity.

The yearlong moratorium is intended to give the city time to attract restaurants that serve healthier food. The action, which the mayor must still sign into law, is believed to be the first of its kind by a major city to protect public health.

"Our communities have an extreme shortage of quality foods," City Councilman Bernard Parks said.

Representatives of fast-food chains said they support the goal of better diets but believe they are being unfairly targeted. They say they already offer healthier food items on their menus............

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I didn't know there were fat people in LA?!?!?!?????!??! I haven't ever seen any of them there!!!!!!!! You want to see fat folks, go to Memphis!!!!!!!!!!!!