Councilwoman Jan Perry is aiming to attract restaurants serving healthier meals to South L.A. by proposing a one-year moratorium on new fast-food outlets. A study found 30 percent of children living in the area are obese.

The Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved the measure despite complaints from representatives of McDonald’s Carl’s Jr. and other companies, who claimed they were being unfairly targeted.

The Los Angeles Times reports that, “councilwoman Jan Perry, who has pushed for a moratorium for six years, said the initiative would give the city time to craft measure to lure sit-down restaurants serving healthier food to a part of the city that desperately wants more of them.”

The ban last for one with possible two six-month extensions, covering a 32-square-mile area.

The law technically defines fast-food restaurants as: “any establishment which dispenses food for consumption on-or-off the premises, and which has the following characteristics: a limited menu, items prepared in advance or prepared or heated quickly, no table orders and food served in disposable wrapping or containers.”

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health released a report last year revealing that 30 percent of children in South L.A. were obese, compared with 25 percent of all children in the city.

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