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The southern California town of Baldwin Park – the reputed birthplace of the "drive-thru" restaurant – has put a nine-month ban on the construction of any new drive-in food emporiums.
Birthplace of the drive-thru bans them to curb obesity
Seeded on Tue Aug 3, 2010 7:22 PM EDT
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The In ‘N Out Burger chain, credited with spawning the trend that led to McDonald’s and all the rest, was founded in 1948 in a town now home to some 83,000 residents with a median income of $42,000 – and 17 drive-in restaurants. Local officials say they wanted to tackle not just the traffic snarls inherent in an “in-car” dining culture, but be part of the national campaign to stem obesity – a cause championed by First Lady Michelle Obama.
“We see ourselves at the forefront of the fight on obesity,” says Marc Castagnola, Baldwin Park community development manager. “We also want to encourage people to get out of their cars and walk around,” he says with a rueful nod to the obvious challenge of bucking a southern California car culture.
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#1 - Tue Aug 3, 2010 7:22 PM EDTdrive thrus aren't resp for obesity. the eight hour work day and minimum wage are resp. at the end of a long work day esp if a person is only earning a few dollars an hour how are they going to be able to afford any thing but fast food in terms of either time or money??
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#2 - Tue Aug 3, 2010 7:36 PM EDTSomeday americans are going to have to go back to growing and cooking their own food. The corporations run america. It is much less expensive and healthy to learn to cook low-fat, high fiber, vitamin dense food. I hope for america to wake up and realize this before it is too late and diabetes and obesity ruins our population.
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#4 - Thu Aug 5, 2010 11:58 AM EDTWe grow a lot of our own food and are planning on growing more. I've bought fruit trees that aren't producing yet, but they will. It takes time to establish some varieties and to understand how to grow others. But that time is going to pass no matter what, so I'm willing to invest both the time and the money for the right equipment.
As a child, our family grew most of our food too, including meat animals. I'm not going to raise animals for meat, but I'll do the rest. I also buy from the local farmers market. It's healthier and helps save the ecosystem because fuel, etc is not being used to transport food from the other side of the world.
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