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Should the city, like Mom, tell you what's good to eat?

Byline: Dianna Marder

Oct. 10--Fast food is often fat food, and eating it -- even once a week -- will probably not bring about weight loss, lower your bad cholesterol, or have a positive effect on your blood pressure.

But should the city step in? Should Philadelphia require every high- and lowbrow chain restaurant to post nutrition content right on the menu or a wall?

Absolutely, says Blondell Reynolds Brown, an at-large member of Philadelphia City Council whose bill would force even franchised chain restaurants to post what most see as the bad news about their food.

The bill had a hearing in City Hall yesterday before the Committee on Public Health. If it ...

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