Takeout food ban \\\'may fight obesity\\\'

Restricting the number of fast-food outlets around offices and homes could help combat the obesity epidemic, UK researchers say. Exposure to too many pizza and fried-food outlets can nearly double your chances of obesity, research suggests. Measures to restrict access, such as not opening takeaway restaurants near schools, may help, scientists report in the BMJ. Others argue that policymakers should focus on making fast food more healthy. The evidence comes from a study tracking more than 5,000 adults born in Cambridgeshire between 1950 and 1975, according to BBC.