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Title: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: Dos Equis on December 15, 2010, 10:55:25 AM
Ridiculous. 

Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
By Associated Press
POSTED: 08:24 a.m. HST, Dec 15, 2010

PORTLAND, Ore. — A California mother and The Center for Science in the Public Interest have sued McDonald's Corp. trying to get the fast-food chain to stop using toys to market meals to young children.

The lawsuit was filed in California Superior Court in San Francisco on Wednesday morning.

They claim McDonald's decision to markets its meals directly to young children violates several consumer protection laws because it exploits a child's vulnerability.

McDonald's is facing increased scrutiny for the practice. San Francisco recently became the first city to prohibit fast-food restaurants from including toys with children's meals that don't met nutritional guidelines. A similar ordinance was passed in Santa Clara County.

http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/111938554.html
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: Soul Crusher on December 15, 2010, 10:57:59 AM
We need to split this nation down the middle. 

The nanny state libs who want torn each others' lives on one side, and thosde of us wanting to be left alone on the other. 
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: kcballer on December 15, 2010, 11:00:02 AM
Good lawsuit.  A terrible plague that needs to be stopped is the continued preying upon our nations youth to turn them into tiny consumers.
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: Emmortal on December 15, 2010, 11:00:20 AM
Only in California... the people here are such a fucking joke.
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: Emmortal on December 15, 2010, 11:02:00 AM
Good lawsuit.  A terrible plague that needs to be stopped is the continued preying upon our nations youth to turn them into tiny consumers.

Hahaha oh brother.  Yea lets regulate companies to the point of completely removing responsibility of parents to raise their children.  That's exactly what this country needs, no one should be responsible for their own actions.

Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: Soul Crusher on December 15, 2010, 11:02:15 AM
Good lawsuit.  A terrible plague that needs to be stopped is the continued preying upon our nations youth to turn them into tiny consumers.

How about I sue your ass for $10,000,000  being so ignorant?  
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: newmom on December 15, 2010, 11:02:24 AM
Oh god, if parents can't control their whinny kids, WTF

JUST say no for fricking crying out loud. These happy meals don't need to be a staple in the kids diet but goodness, no need to ban it. I don't see these parents jumping up and down and the crap food most kids get at school. THat's where it should be brought to the fore front first.
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: OzmO on December 15, 2010, 11:02:33 AM
Good lawsuit.  A terrible plague that needs to be stopped is the continued preying upon our nations youth to turn them into tiny consumers.

Its a stupid lawsuit.  What needs to happen is parents need to learn to say "no" and educate their children.  It's another example of a gigantic waste of time and money attacking a symptom and not the real problem.
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: kcballer on December 15, 2010, 11:08:16 AM
Its a stupid lawsuit.  What needs to happen is parents need to learn to say "no" and educate their children.  It's another example of a gigantic waste of time and money attacking a symptom and the real problem.

It's obvious from childhood obesity rates that the current status quo is not working.

How is peddling fast food to under aged children a good thing?  Parent still have the choice to go or not to go, but now McD's can't seduce the youth with plastic and gimmicks.  It shouldn't stop there either.  No advertisements should be directed at our youth.  It's akin to the drug companies peddling their crap on tv.  How we allow it i'll never know.  We have the highest consuming population of junk sh*t and drugs in the world.  All because we DO NOT make rational decisions.  But hey heaven forbid we tell someone to stop marketing bullsh*t to us that's when we have a problem. 

America home of the fat and retarded. 
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: kcballer on December 15, 2010, 11:09:25 AM
How about I sue your ass for $10,000,000  being so ignorant?  

You'd get dominated in court so just try it.  You're a loose cannon all i need is a picture of Obama and you'll go off on some CT about how you want him dead and boom, you're getting cornholed for the rest of your life.
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: Kazan on December 15, 2010, 11:10:15 AM
Good lawsuit.  A terrible plague that needs to be stopped is the continued preying upon our nations youth to turn them into tiny consumers.

Yeah sure it is, lets not blame the parents, lets blame Mc Donalds ::) You know I see it all the time 5 and 6 year old driving down to Mc Donalds and buying happy meals with the money they make at their jobs ::)
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: newmom on December 15, 2010, 11:12:05 AM
Parents are soooooooooo quick to blame others. I don't get it. Sure parents make mistakes we all do. But, cripes own up to it. I'll guarantee most of these parents kids rule the house..Fuck outta here with that shit
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: Emmortal on December 15, 2010, 11:13:02 AM
It's obvious from childhood obesity rates that the current status quo is not working.

How is peddling fast food to under aged children a good thing?  Parent still have the choice to go or not to go, but now McD's can't seduce the youth with plastic and gimmicks.  It shouldn't stop there either.  No advertisements should be directed at our youth.  It's akin to the drug companies peddling their crap on tv.  How we allow it i'll never know.  We have the highest consuming population of junk sh*t and drugs in the world.  All because we DO NOT make rational decisions.  But hey heaven forbid we tell someone to stop marketing bullsh*t to us that's when we have a problem. 

America home of the fat and retarded. 

You just proved the point that it's not marketing that's the problem.  You argument just completely fell apart with your own words.
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: Kazan on December 15, 2010, 11:13:58 AM
Parents are soooooooooo quick to blame others. I don't get it. Sure parents make mistakes we all do. But, cripes own up to it. I'll guarantee most of these parents kids rule the house..Fuck outta here with that shit

Exactly, parents don't want to be parents anymore, they want to be their kids best pal. Then this whole not my fault society that has emerged.
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: newmom on December 15, 2010, 11:15:53 AM
Have these parents even seen the vending the machines at school. I'll be the first to say I was appauld. Pop tarts, soda, candy, gum and bla bla, yes I understand it's cheaper to put that crap in vending machines, but wait here is a thought, TAKE THE VENDING machines OUTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT TTTTTTTTTTT
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: Kazan on December 15, 2010, 11:16:13 AM
It's obvious from childhood obesity rates that the current status quo is not working.

How is peddling fast food to under aged children a good thing?  Parent still have the choice to go or not to go, but now McD's can't seduce the youth with plastic and gimmicks.  It shouldn't stop there either.  No advertisements should be directed at our youth.  It's akin to the drug companies peddling their crap on tv.  How we allow it i'll never know.  We have the highest consuming population of junk sh*t and drugs in the world.  All because we DO NOT make rational decisions.  But hey heaven forbid we tell someone to stop marketing bullsh*t to us that's when we have a problem. 

America home of the fat and retarded. 

Wow, I think you would be better suited living in a communist country where the government can make all the decisions for you. But this is America, where you have a CHOICE.
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: kcballer on December 15, 2010, 11:16:23 AM
You just proved the point that it's not marketing that's the problem.  You argument just completely fell apart with your own words.

Uh how about not.  

Marketing leads to irrational decision making.  Because in essence marketing is designed to illicit an irrational response from a consumer to purchase the product.

But thanks for playing now please go have a cry like boehner
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: kcballer on December 15, 2010, 11:17:14 AM
Wow, I think you would be better suited living in a communist country where the government can make all the decisions for you. But this is America, where you have a CHOICE.

I believe in choice.  What i do not believe in is a free pass to market anything and everything without rules and regulations around it. 
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: Kazan on December 15, 2010, 11:19:10 AM
I believe in choice.  What i do not believe in is a free pass to market anything and everything without rules and regulations around it. 

So your one of those people that enjoy all the benefits of the freedom of America, but think you have the right to tell someone else how to live, interesting.
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: OzmO on December 15, 2010, 11:21:14 AM
It's obvious from childhood obesity rates that the current status quo is not working.

How is peddling fast food to under aged children a good thing?  Parent still have the choice to go or not to go, but now McD's can't seduce the youth with plastic and gimmicks.  It shouldn't stop there either.  No advertisements should be directed at our youth.  It's akin to the drug companies peddling their crap on tv.  How we allow it i'll never know.  We have the highest consuming population of junk sh*t and drugs in the world.  All because we DO NOT make rational decisions.  But hey heaven forbid we tell someone to stop marketing bullsh*t to us that's when we have a problem. 

America home of the fat and retarded. 

Where did say peddling sugar/fat rich foods was a good thing?

True, we have a obesity problem int he USA.  the ANSWER is to educate children to make the right choices and teach parents to say "no"

If anything, the parents should be sued or charged with child endangerment. (just being facetious to make a point)

I mean, what the hell are they doing taking their children to Micky Dees in the first place?

Further more, everyone really should be educated about food in general and how most of what you see in stores now a days is processed sugar rich crap.

My point is, the "toy" is NOT the problem, but simply a symptom of the real problem which is weak ass uneducated FAT parents.  

If they really wanted to start solving this problem they could start it in the classrooms K though 12
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: Soul Crusher on December 15, 2010, 11:21:51 AM
I believe in choice.  What i do not believe in is a free pass to market anything and everything without rules and regulations around it. 

Bullshit - you believe in the nanny state through and through. 
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: newmom on December 15, 2010, 11:22:27 AM
The marketing blitz right now before the holidays is just brutal, try telling a 5 year old that. You have to explain without crushing their innocence. You don't get everything on tv or what's in the store. Explain their are people that go hungry every day and you wanna whine about getting a toy (in a nice way) and you know your're doing okay when they say "you get what you get and don't get upset".

Of course parenting isn't easy, but explaining and not given into their every whim is easy, plain and simple
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: kcballer on December 15, 2010, 11:24:56 AM
So your one of those people that enjoy all the benefits of the freedom of America, but think you have the right to tell someone else how to live, interesting.

Not at all.  But i don't believe McD's should be able to market to anyones child.  If you want to go there by all means, but the luring of children with toys has to stop.
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: newmom on December 15, 2010, 11:27:16 AM
Where did say peddling sugar/fat rich foods was a good thing?

My point is, the "toy" is NOT the problem, but simply a symptom of the real problem which is weak ass uneducated FAT parents.  

If they really wanted to start solving this problem they could start it in the classrooms K though 12


SO TRUE
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: kcballer on December 15, 2010, 11:27:29 AM
Where did say peddling sugar/fat rich foods was a good thing?

True, we have a obesity problem int he USA.  the ANSWER is to educate children to make the right choices and teach parents to say "no"

If anything, the parents should be sued or charged with child endangerment. (just being facetious to make a point)

I mean, what the hell are they doing taking their children to Micky Dees in the first place?

Further more, everyone really should be educated about food in general and how most of what you see in stores now a days is processed sugar rich crap.

My point is, the "toy" is NOT the problem, but simply a symptom of the real problem which is weak ass uneducated FAT parents.  

If they really wanted to start solving this problem they could start it in the classrooms K though 12


I agree with this totally.  Education should be first and foremost the number 1 tool to combat obesity.  I think taking away marketing and toys is apart of that and helps it.  

I'm glad Mrs Obama is out and about teaching kids about eating right and exercising but more needs to be done.
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: Soul Crusher on December 15, 2010, 11:31:14 AM
What about cereals that have toys in the box? 
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: Kazan on December 15, 2010, 11:31:27 AM
Not at all.  But i don't believe McD's should be able to market to anyones child.  If you want to go there by all means, but the luring of children with toys has to stop.

Again there is this thing called being a parent and saying no, very simple. I know I have children. When it comes right down to it, the only reason anyone gives a shit what someone else it doing is because the government had to get involved in healthcare, and it can hit you in the pocket book. Mc Donalds has been around since 1940, now all of the sudden they are the root of all evil, because parents refuse to say no.
Personal responsibility, that is what it all boils down to.
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: newmom on December 15, 2010, 11:31:33 AM
I agree with this totally.  Education should be first and foremost the number 1 tool to combat obesity.  I think taking away marketing and toys is apart of that and helps it.  

I'm glad Mrs Obama is out and about teaching kids about eating right and exercising but more needs to be done.

yes, that is good, but kids learn MOSTLY by the action of their parents if you ask me. What perplexes me, is usually overweight or obese kids have the same type as a parent. Now I'm not judging just stating my observation. I'll guarantee most of these parents were overweight youngones also and probably got picked on, wouldn't you want to devowed that as much as possible? That is the biggest reason why I knew I had to change my life and get healthy, for my daughter.
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: OzmO on December 15, 2010, 11:34:26 AM
I agree with this totally.  Education should be first and foremost the number 1 tool to combat obesity.  I think taking away marketing and toys is apart of that and helps it.  

I'm glad Mrs Obama is out and about teaching kids about eating right and exercising but more needs to be done.

The way I see it KC is that bad choices are always going to be out there.  Teaching kids to use good judgment is part of parenting.  Companies market based on what sells.  If it no longer sells they won't continue to market it.  If there is a ban on these toys, trust me something else will take its place because the real problem was never addressed.

Let's say there was no toys in these kids meals.  I don't see that stopping these idiot parents from frequently going to MacDonalds to eat with their kids instead of stopping by a grocery store and getting better food.
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: newmom on December 15, 2010, 11:34:33 AM
We go twice a month. The second time goes like this me saying to her "what do you want" she replies I got chicken nuggets last time, so I'll get that salad you get. See it's not hard, teach them to make good decisions. Will they do it all the time, NO because gosh knows I sure as fuck didn't, all you can do is try and be the best parent
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: newmom on December 15, 2010, 11:35:13 AM
The way I see it KC is that bad choices are always going to be out there.  Teaching kids to use good judgment is part of parenting.  Companies market based on what sells.  If it no longer sells they won't continue to market it.  If there is a ban on these toys, trust me something else will take its place because the real problem was never addressed.

Let's say there was no toys in these kids meals.  I don't see that stopping these idiot parents from frequently going to MacDonalds to eat with their kids instead of stopping by a grocery store and getting better food.

perfectly said OZMO, bravo
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: Kazan on December 15, 2010, 11:36:09 AM
I agree with this totally.  Education should be first and foremost the number 1 tool to combat obesity.  I think taking away marketing and toys is apart of that and helps it.  

I'm glad Mrs Obama is out and about teaching kids about eating right and exercising but more needs to be done.

What exactly needs to be done? Mrs Obama can go out and talk until she's blue in the face, doesn't mean shit if the kid goes home and gets feed Coke and Corn chips for dinner. Parents need to be parents, stop taking the easy way out and actually cook a good meal for the kid. You can blame who ever you want, but it ultimately end up with the parent
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: Soul Crusher on December 15, 2010, 11:40:50 AM
Obam and his wife set a horrible example.  Those two gonifs are always sen eating lobsters, beers, ice cream, cake, burgers, hot dogs, waffles, and whatever else theycan cafone down on someone elses' dime. 

 
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: OzmO on December 15, 2010, 11:43:38 AM
perfectly said OZMO, bravo

Thanks!

Yeah, being a parent can be tough deal at times.

They should just make parents watch "Super Size Me" once a month.   I didn't go to McDonalds for a very ling time after watching that.  lol
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: Kazan on December 15, 2010, 11:47:21 AM
Thanks!

Yeah, being a parent can be tough deal at times.

They should just make parents watch "Super Size Me" once a month.   I didn't go to McDonalds for a very ling time after watching that.  lol

Good point I haven't touched fast food ( to include applebee's or any of the others) in years. I month or so back I was out and needed to grab something to eat, so went to burger king. Let me tell you drano has nothing on fast food.  ;D
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: Soul Crusher on December 15, 2010, 01:45:08 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: kcballer on December 15, 2010, 02:03:14 PM
Seriously 333 you're demented.   ::)
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: Soul Crusher on December 15, 2010, 02:07:51 PM
Seriously 333 you're demented.   ::)

Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: 225for70 on December 15, 2010, 02:15:50 PM
Good point I haven't touched fast food ( to include applebee's or any of the others) in years. I month or so back I was out and needed to grab something to eat, so went to burger king. Let me tell you drano has nothing on fast food.  ;D

Burger king is famous for that...
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: Soul Crusher on December 15, 2010, 02:25:33 PM
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: Soul Crusher on December 15, 2010, 02:28:40 PM
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: 225for70 on December 15, 2010, 02:37:29 PM


Those burgers are making me hungry as fuck..
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: newmom on December 15, 2010, 02:58:26 PM
Thanks!

Yeah, being a parent can be tough deal at times.

They should just make parents watch "Super Size Me" once a month.   I didn't go to McDonalds for a very ling time after watching that.  lol

I dunno about being a tough "deal" but it sure isn't easy. I'm always worried if I'm being to strict or not strict enough, and so on and so forth.

Oh god, I could only get through half that movie without dry heaving
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: OzmO on December 15, 2010, 05:21:46 PM
I dunno about being a tough "deal" but it sure isn't easy. I'm always worried if I'm being to strict or not strict enough, and so on and so forth.

Oh god, I could only get through half that movie without dry heaving

It gets "tougher" as they get older.  I know what you mean about trying to balance being firm with not going over board.
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: newmom on December 15, 2010, 05:27:26 PM
It gets "tougher" as they get older.  I know what you mean about trying to balance being firm with not going over board.

Isn't that the truth
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: Dos Equis on July 23, 2011, 03:14:50 PM
UPDATE 2-McDonald's loses bid to move Happy Meal lawsuit-judge
Wed Jul 20, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO, July 20 (Reuters) - McDonald's Corp (MCD.N) lost a skirmish in a lawsuit over its Happy Meal advertising practices, as a U.S. district judge ruled the case could not be litigated in federal court.

McDonald's is accused of unfairly using toys to lure children into its restaurants, and a proposed class-action lawsuit seeks to stop the company from advertising toys in connection with Happy Meals in California.

The Happy Meal, which packages children's meals with toys, has been a huge hit for McDonald's -- making the company one of the world's largest toy distributors and spawning me-too offerings at most other fast-food chains.

The company had attempted to defend the case in federal court, which is generally viewed by corporate defendants as friendlier than state court. Attorneys for plaintiff Monet Parham requested that the case be moved back to a California state court, where it was first filed.

In a brief written ruling, U.S. District Judge Maxine Chesney said McDonald's had not met the standard to defend the case in federal court. Chesney sent the case back to a state court in San Francisco for further proceedings.

McDonald's spokesperson Heidi Barker said the company was disappointed with the ruling, and will vigorously defend the McDonald's brand, reputation and food.

"We continue to believe that this lawsuit only detracts from meaningful conversations about children's well-being," Barker said.

McDonald's use of Happy Meal toys has come under fire from public health officials, parents and lawmakers who are frustrated with rising childhood obesity rates and weak anti-obesity efforts from restaurant operators, which are largely self-regulated.

Stephen Gardner, an attorney for Parham, said he was pleased with Chesney's ruling.

The case in U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, is Parham v. McDonald's Corporation et al, 11-511. (Reporting by Dan Levine, editing by Maureen Bavdek and Richard Chang)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/20/mcdonalds-lawsuit-idUSN1E76J0XM20110720
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: Dos Equis on July 26, 2011, 02:18:19 PM
This is dumb.  Who the heck takes their kid to McDonald's for a "healthy" meal?   ::)  Sounds like they're trying to put themselves in a better position to defend against these asinine claims. 

Happy Meal gets a makeover

McDonald’s Happy Meals are getting their fat and calories trimmed, the fast food giant announced Tuesday.

The seemingly ubiquitous Happy Meals that have drawn the ire of health advocates and have been blamed for contributing to childhood obesity, will carry apple slices, reduced portion of french fries and a choice of beverage, including new fat-free chocolate milk and 1% low-fat white milk.

The core of the Happy Meal will remain the same as kids will still get fries (a smaller portion) and a choice of a hamburger, cheeseburger or chicken nuggets.   All beverages, including milk, fruit juice, water and soda, continue to be options for the Happy Meal.

The changes are scheduled to begin September with the hopes that all 14,000 restaurants will transition to the new Happy Meals by the first quarter of 2012.

The suggested retail price of the Happy Meal will not change, remaining between $2.99 and $3.49.

“By adding fruit in every Happy Meal, McDonald’s hopes to address a challenge children face in meeting the recommended daily consumption of produce,” according to the corporation’s statement.

The new Happy Meal with four pieces of McNuggets, apple slices, smaller French Fries and 1% milk has 410 calories, 19 grams of fat and 560 milligrams of sodium.

The makeover of the Happy Meal comes after cities and counties began considering Happy Meal toy bans over concerns about nutritional quality and marketing towards children. Happy Meal toys have been banned in San Francisco, and a New York council member  has proposed a similar measure this year.

Kelly Brownell, director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale University, said McDonald’s had to change its nutritional content because of political and community pressures.

“I see this as a positive development,” he said.  “The companies have recognized the pressures from the public, the community and parents to offer healthier choices for children.  They’ve begun to respond.   There have been criticisms of what they serve children for many years. In the past years, the pressure has intensified, the White House concern about childhood obesity is one source of that pressure.”

First lady Michelle Obama who has spearheaded a public health campaign to prevent childhood obesity commended McDonald's for making "progress today by providing more fruit and reducing the calories in its Happy Meals.  I've always said that everyone has a role to play in making America healthier, and these are positive steps toward the goal of solving the problem of childhood obesity."

McDonald’s promised continuing changes to the nutrition in its meals.

“McDonald’s has been engaging suppliers, government and non-government organizations to determine ways it could play a role in helping society address today’s obesity concerns,”  the company’s press release said.  “McDonald’s will develop additional fruit and vegetable choices and expects them to roll out over the next few years.”

The apples were not very popular in Happy Meals - only 11% of all kid's meal purchases included the fruit option.  Many customers were not aware of apples as an option, according to the company. They will become a default item on the children’s meal.

The fast food giant also pledged to reduce sodium 15% across the board in its menu by 2015.  It recently reduced sodium by 10% in most of its chicken offerings, including the Chicken McNuggets.

McDonald’s also vowed to reduce added sugars, saturated fat and calories through varied portion sizes, reformulations and innovations by 2020.

Brownell said he hoped that reduced sodium and apples in the menu would not give parents “permission to go to McDonalds more than they did before. That’s not a good development.”

It’s a good first step, but doesn’t solve the problem, according to a statement from Corporate Accountability International, which is a frequent critic of McDonald’s.  It released a statement saying that McDonald’s “deserves credit for not only taking these steps, but for acknowledging its role in today’s epidemic of diet-related disease in so doing.”

“McDonald’s is taking steps in the right direction, but we should be careful in heaping praise on corporations for simply reducing the scope of the problem they continue to create,” said Kelle Louaillier, executive director of Corporate Accountability International.  “Ultimately corporate responsibility is not about securing public relations for cleaning up your own mess, but for not creating the problem in the first place. In this case, that means stopping the marketing of junk food to kids.”

http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/26/happy-meal-gets-a-makeover/?hpt=hp_p1&iref=NS1
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: newmom on July 26, 2011, 03:17:47 PM
I agree Beach. These kids (non driving age) don't drive their themselves. Fucking parents need to take responsability
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: Dos Equis on July 26, 2011, 08:06:37 PM
I agree Beach. These kids (non driving age) don't drive their themselves. Fucking parents need to take responsability

Wurd.  I was watching an interview of the mom who filed the lawsuit.  She was complaining about how difficult McDonald's makes it to say "no" to her kids.   ::)
Title: Re: Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys
Post by: tonymctones on July 26, 2011, 08:14:57 PM
just wait till these morons starting going after toys-r-us...LOL cant use toys to advertise to children...thats like saying you cant use sex to advertise to adults...

LMFAO...