Jan Perry's South LA fast food moratorium has made headlines around the world, but even Gospel of Food author Barry Glassner isn't sure this is the right tack: "I'm no fan of fast food or fast-food corporations but...its simplistic in the extreme to consider them the cause of all these ills that have been blamed on them. There is a very real problem with a lack of food options in low-income neighborhoods and it's one legislators have an obligation to solve...if you want more food options, do things to facilitate more options." [Reuters; previously]
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