Remember the study a couple of months ago about how fast-food restaurants near schools could lead to fatter kids? Now another study seems to echo those results, saying a fast-food restaurant within about 500 feet of a school may lead to at least a five percent increase in the obesity rate at that school. Researchers from Columbia University and the University of California, Berkeley, say a ban on fast foods near schools could greatly reduce obesity rates among students.
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When I think back to my K-12 days, none of the schools were anywhere near fast food places. Of course there were fewer fast food places.
These results are not surprising, although I still recoil from the idea of banning them. You’re going to school to, in theory, get an education and learn to function in the real world. If you can’t learn to walk by a Burger King, what can you learn?
- Dave
Dr. J – There were NO fast food joints near any of my schools either. What a shame.
True, Dave. But apparently it’s not working.