Obesity Report Calls For Government to Limit Access to ‘Unhealthy’ Restaurant Chains

A newly released report by the Institute for Medicine and the National Research Council details strategies for local governments to combat what it calls an epidemic of childhood obesity, including regulations that would “restrict fast food establishments near school grounds and public playgrounds.”

“This is about culture change,” Troutman said. “Every sector of society needs to be involved in this culture change.”

The report, unveiled at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington on Tuesday, also advises local governments to impose higher taxes “to 'discourage' consumption of foods and beverages that have minimal nutritional value”...

[Isn't that what parents for? Oh, forgot: we're too stupid to raise our own kids - government knows best. Is this still America?]

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