NEW YORK Councilman Eric Gioia is unveiling a proposal that
would prohibit fast food restaurants from being within one-tenth of
a mile of a school. The idea comes after a study this month found
students whose schools are within easy walking distance of fast
food restaurants are more likely to be obese.
The study by researchers from the University of California,
Berkeley and Columbia University found that students at schools in
close proximity to fast food restaurants such as McDonald's, Burger
King, KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut had a 5.2 increase in the
incidence of obesity.
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