[quote]Happy Meals are soon going to come with a sad surprise for children in the US.
Lawmakers in California have voted to ban toys from being served up with McDonald’s burgers and fries.
Officials claim the free goodies, often promoting a new film or popular cartoon characters, lure children into eating foods with high sugar, sodium and fat.
The measure is the first of its kind to be proposed to battle an obesity epidemic sweeping California and the rest of America.
While supporters insist the ban will force restaurants to offer more nutritious food to children, critics complained last night that it was just another case of the government getting too involved in parenting decisions.
Ken Yeager, county supervisor in Santa Clara, the hi-tech Silicon Valley district south of San Francisco that agreed to the clampdown on Tuesday, claimed it ‘breaks the link between unhealthy food and prizes.
‘This ordinance prevents restaurants from preying on children’s love of toys to peddle high-calorie, high-fat, high-sodium kids meals,’ he added.
McDonald’s helped build its demand for its ‘Happy Meals’ by including free toys and the giveaways are now common in many fast food chains.
But while McDonald’s has introduced healthier meal options like allowing drinks like Coca Cola to be swapped for milk or juice to help battle childhood obesity, the lawmakers say it isn’t enough.
Childhood obesity in the US has tripled in the last thirty years. Two- thirds of Americans – about 190 million people – are now said to be medically overweight.
California was the first state to ban fizzy drinks from schools and other councils across the country are now considering instituting the toy ban.
Under the new bill, restaurants will only be allowed to offer free gifts with meals if they meet basic nutritional criteria.
It would not allow the inclusion of a toy in any children’s meal with more than 485 calories, 120 calories for a drink, 200 calories for a single food item, 600 mg of salt or high amounts of sugar or fat.
These guidelines would caused all McDonald’s happy meals, even those with apple sticks instead of fries, to be served without a toy.
Fast food bosses are being given 90 days to come up with a better solution before the proposals go into effect.
Voting against the measure was Supervisor Donald Gage, who claimed parents should be responsible for their children.
‘If you can’t control a three-year-old child for a toy, God save you when they get to be teenagers,’ he said.
‘Ultimately, parents decide what their children eat and whether a meal includes a toy or not – that is the role of a parent,’ added Jot Condie president of the California Restaurant Association.
‘The county government does not need to serve as the parent of the parents.’
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Fuck yeah!
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those toys suck
Urh, just let the god damn parents decide what their kids eat.
I'm neither against this nor for it...
The government should [B]not[/B] be making these kinds of decisions, after all, if the parents would stop buying little johnny a happy meal [B]every time[/B] he asks for one, then we would not have these kinds of problems.
I don't know, maybe it's a good thing, those toys are total shit anyway.
[QUOTE=Vexont;21625835]I'm neither against this nor for it...
The government should [B]not[/B] be making these kinds of decisions, after all, if the parents would stop buying little johnny a happy meal [B]every time[/B] he asks for one, then we would not have these kinds of problems.
I don't know, maybe it's a good thing, those toys are total shit anyway.[/QUOTE]
We live in a world of shitty parents that need someone else to make decisions for them. Unfortunately at the same time they piss into the socks of good parents.
Blame shitty parents.
but how will they have a childhood now :(
I guess the toys these days suck anyway
California, the hippy sheltered kids state
[QUOTE=Mobzor;21625826]Urh, just let the god damn parents decide what their kids eat.[/QUOTE]
yes it has turned up quite well as you can see
because kids eat the toys and get fat :downs:
So fucking stupid.
Swartzenegger forgot what it was to be a kid :saddowns:
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the people behind this shit is probably the same who let their kid play GTA4 before going to the media moaning about how violent the game is.
Learn what good parenting is you fucking pieces of shit, don't blame it on everything but yourselves.
Stop ruining it for the kids with normal weight :saddowns:
Pencils banned because some stupid parents encouraged a kid to stab them in the eyes.
lol fatty kids just want the food anyway.
The kid w[B]ill be back[/B] for more.
If the kid wants to be fat, let him be fat. But if he comes and [i]whines[/i] about being fat that's not my fault. GO on a fucking diet you lazy piece of shit. My brother needs to get off the couch.
Those toys never lured me to eat mcdonalds
there food sucks ass anyway
[QUOTE=flippy645;21627012]Those toys never lured me to eat mcdonalds
there food sucks ass anyway[/QUOTE]
yo bess' be jokkin boa'
Nope
mcdonalds owns even though it is the most unhealthy shit in the world
[QUOTE=flippy645;21627012]Those toys never lured me to eat mcdonalds
there food sucks ass anyway[/QUOTE]
Agreed.
Arnold probably just wanted them to put that cookie down
They'll ask for the toddler toy or invade burger king :v:
How about making the meals healthier instead of taking away the only thing that made happy meals good?
How can people think this is a bed idea? McDonalds fucking lure kids to eat there shit and hell american parents are retarded to.
If all the kids become obese then nobody will fill up our army. It's a good decision.
[QUOTE=plappy03;21628740]If all the kids become obese then nobody will fill up our army. It's a good decision.[/QUOTE]
Wouldn't fat kids fill the army up quicker?
And overweight children aren't caused by plastic toys, they're caused by lazy parents who let Mcdonalds chose what their kids should eat.
Lrn2parent
Serioulsy.
[QUOTE=FlexMiester;21628653]How can people think this is a bed idea? McDonalds fucking lure kids to eat there shit and hell american parents are retarded to.[/QUOTE]
Because limiting the consumption of mcdonalds should be up to the goddamned parents. The government shouldn't have to breastfeed them.
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All nanny laws are terrible
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