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Fast food is not good for us. That's not exactly a secret.

Nutritionists point to all that fat and salt in fast food as one of the main causes of the growing obesity¹ rate in this county, and elsewhere around the world.

There's a commonly held belief that poor people eat more fast food than any other group.

University of Michigan-Dearborn Economics Professor Patricia Smith decided² to test that belief in a study on fast food consumption. She found that the poor don’t actually eat more fast food than anyone else. It is those who are busiest, often the middle class, that do.

“When we looked at older studies we found a bunch of mixed results, it wasn’t clearly established,” Smith said. “So we decided to get new data, and some more extensive socioeconomic data, to test this hypothesis.”

In 2008, Los Angeles passed a moratorium³ on the number of fast food restaurants in lower income neighborhoods in the south central part of the city.

According to Smith, the study that examined this area of Los Angeles showed this type of legislation didn’t work. The obesity rate continued to rise.

“If we are going to have legislation, maybe we ought to have the facts,” Smith said.

Listen above for the full conversation and learn about food deserts, health gradients, and which kind of public policy is actually making an impact on obesity rates.

1 obesity   

n.肥胖，肥大

参考例句：

• One effect of overeating may be obesity.吃得过多能导致肥胖。
• Sugar and fat can more easily lead to obesity than some other foods.糖和脂肪比其他食物更容易导致肥胖。

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 moratorium   

n.(行动、活动的)暂停(期)，延期偿付

参考例句：

• The government has called for a moratorium on weapons testing.政府已要求暂停武器试验。
• We recommended a moratorium on two particular kinds of experiments.我们建议暂禁两种特殊的实验。