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geldedgoat
Joined: 05 Mar 2009
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 Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 11:21 pm Post subject: Killing the Happy in Happy Meals |
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San Francisco may order Happy Meals to go -- permanently
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Happy Meals could become a thing of the past in San Francisco after a vote by the city's leaders Tuesday.
San Francisco's board of supervisors is expected to formally approve a ban on most of McDonald's Happy Meals in current form during a meeting Tuesday.
The move to turn Happy Meals into healthy meals was proposed because some in the northern California city felt that McDonald's offers toys to entice kids to buy meals that don't meet nutritional criteria.
The board already approved the ban during a preliminary vote last week.
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has indicated he would veto the ordinance, but the board has enough votes -- eight out of 11 -- to override the veto, said San Francisco Supervisor Eric Mar who initiated the proposal
Under the proposal, McDonald's and other restaurants would have until December 2011 to improve their meals' nutrition with fruits and vegetables -- if the chains want to keep offering Captain America figurines or toys tied with latest films.
The proposed ordinance is part of a "food justice movement" and is designed to address how about 50 of the city's restaurants use giveaway toys to sell fast food whose nutritional content is being challenged by the city. |
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I never agreed with the government persecution of tobacco advertising, so I obviously don't agree with this either. I'm of the opinion that as long as the product is not being misrepresented in ads, then companies should have fairly free reign over how they present their products to the public. Dangerous products are of course a special case, but they shouldn't have any more restrictions than being forced to include ingredients lists and a warning.
That having been said, I am glad to see a city taking a step towards bettering the health of its populace, even if the execution is flawed.[/url] |
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Fox
Joined: 04 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 11:49 pm Post subject: |
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Just another example of American parents trying to disown their responsibility for their children. "Our kids are doing poorly in school, clearly it's the fault of the educational system." "Our kids are fat, clearly it's the fault of McDonald's and like restaurants." Just like the fretting over the educational system, this is going to fail to produce results. If you want your kid to slim down, stop buying them soda and carb-packed snack food at home, and engage them in a healthy lifestyle that involves physical movement.
If banning McDonald's toys (or even making McDonald's kids meals healthier) would seriously have a meaningful impact, I'd support it; I have no problem with governmental involvement in the pursuit of social good. It's not going to have a meaningful impact, though. The only thing that will have a meaningful impact is parental involvement, and that includes parents having the emotional fortitude to say, "No," when they're asked for unhealthy food too regularly. |
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ED209
Joined: 17 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 1:37 am Post subject: |
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| Maybe they could stick pictures of morbidly obese children on the sides of the boxes. |
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