Los Angeles wants to take bite out of fast food
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080729/ap_on_he_me/fast_food_ban"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080729/capt.2d3095f05abf429eaa2ec69c44966d3c.fast_food_ban_la108.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=AJ3ljizT7o388PiIsmTiTw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Signs for fast foot restaurants are seen on a street in Los Angeles on Monday, July 28, 2008. In South Los Angeles, fast food is also the easiest cuisine to find, and that's a problem for elected officials who see it as an unhealthy source of calories and cholesterol. The City Council is poised to vote Tuesday on a moratorium on new fast-food restaurants in a swath of the city where a proliferation of such eateries goes hand in hand with more fat adults and chunky children than other areas of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)" border="0" /></a>AP - In the impoverished neighborhood of South Los Angeles, fast food is the easiest cuisine to find ? and that's a problem for elected officials who see it as an unhealthy source of calories and cholesterol.</p><br clear="all"/>

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