Obesity is Rising

Obesity is rising in LA

Could draconian measures save the day?

A fast food amnesty was set in place,

With South Los Angeles to test the case;

A five-year study found it was in vain.

The weight grew like the queue at a buffet,

And healthy eating sank like a soufflé;

Waistlines expanded at a steady pace.

Obesity is rising.

It was to the researcher’s great dismay,

That an anti-correlation did display

Since time of ban to fast food space.

As larger outlets were simply replaced

With smaller ones, so who is now to pay?

Obesity is rising.

This is a rondeau dedicated to this research article which found that a ‘fast food ban’ in LA between 2007 and 2012 did not quite have the expected effect.