Fast food ban near schools proposed to fight child obesity

• GARTLAND, Fiona. Fast food ban near schools proposed to fight child obesity, Irishtimes.com, November 10^th 2011.

Abstract:

            Presents the measure the government plans to take to reduce child obesity. It suggests to ban the fast-foods near schools.

Quotation:

“The government is considering introducing a ban on fast-food outlets near schools, following the publication of a report on obesity in nine-year-olds.

Minister for Children Frances Fitzgerald said yesterday she was in discussions with the Department of the Environment to see if planning regulations could be introduced to control the proximity of fast-food businesses to schools.

“When you walk out of a school, if the first thing you see is a fast-food shop, clearly that’s not in the child’s best interests.””

Index terms:

Junk food, obesity, children, health.

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