'Stop blimping of america'

But how much can food police regulate? The Los Angeles City Council has voted to put a one-year hold on any new fast-food places in 32 square miles in South L.A. By Linda P. Campbell What I want to know is who's going to stop the young mother who takes her precious little 2-year-old into the 7-Eleven for breakfast, grabs a banana and a package of vanilla creme cookies, and then hands her daughter a bag of Cheetos? How is government going to regulate that? You can ban certain food additives as nutritional pariahs. You can require that fast-food vendors strike fear in their customers' hearts by reminding them how noxiously they're eating. You can even outlaw TV ads that pitch yummy junk directly to kids. But how do you counter the bad eating habits that parents teach by rote and example? Lawmakers from coast to coast are trying... [read full story]