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Report: Fast-Food Chains Increase Targeting Our Kids

by the editors at AOL News, Posted Nov 8th 2010 4:30PM

At least the Happy Meal toy doesn't have any calories. Credit: Karen Bleier, AFP/Getty Images You might have thought that with all the finger-pointing and concerns over childhood plumpness, America's fast-food industry would be trying ...You might have thought that with all the finger-pointing and concerns over childhood plumpness, America's fast- food industry would be trying to reduce the gut-busting, calorie-loaded, fat-filled offerings on their menus and the kid-targeted advertising. Not so.
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Hey, Kid, Order Breakfast and Burger King Will Give You a Toy

by Tom Henderson, Posted Jul 22nd 2010 12:30PM

Burger King is now offering kids the most important meal of the day. Credit: Paul Sakuma, AP
Burger King's new breakfast menu for children comes with a little piece of molded plastic. And no, it's not one of the food items. Burger King ...
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Burger King Ad Encourages Cyberbullying

by Amy Hatch, Posted Jan 16th 2009 3:00PM

Burger King's latest and most desperate attempt to regain it's once regal status as fast-food royalty is an offer to Facebook users that if they drop 10 of their online "friends," the chain will give them a free Whopper.
Scary Cyber ...
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Hurt boy charged for ice

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Aug 24th 2006 1:00PM

It's bad enough being hit by a car whilst out riding your bike. You get all scraped up, damage your bike, hurt your ankle -- basically, it can totally ruin your day. That's what happened to sixteen-year-old John Michael Jasset of Newton, ...
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Chew on this exposes kids to perils of fast food

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Aug 7th 2006 10:00AM

When I was a teenager, I subsisted almost entirely on McChicken sandwiches and caramel sundaes with nuts. Occasionally, I'd throw in a Dorito or two, and I knocked back Pepsi like it was going out of style. It makes me slightly queasy to think what ...
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Fast food: shouldn't I be happy they don't clean their plates?

by Melissa Summers, Posted Apr 10th 2006 3:34PM

My son has been swallowed whole by the horrifying marketing programs of both sugar cereals and fast food restaurants. Currently at Burger King the give away with your Obesity Meal Fast Food Kid's Meal (which if indulged in too often will be a factor ...
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