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San Francisco Lawmakers Take the 'Happy' Out of McDonald's Kids' Meals
A proposed city ordinance in San Francisco would require the giant hamburger chain to either stop putting little toys for kids in those Happy Meal boxes, or otherwise make them healthier by adding fruit and vegetable portions and limiting calories. ...No toys for you! San Francisco moves to ban kids' toys from fast food meals.
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Hey, Kid, Order Breakfast and Burger King Will Give You a Toy
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 ...
Want Fries With That? Kids See More Fast Food Ads, Fewer for Sweets
Burger, anyone? Fast food ads top those for cookies and candy. Credit: pointnshoot, Flickr
Sweet or salty?
When it comes to kids and TV ads, salty wins.
Kids are more likely to see television advertisements for fast food than for candy ...
McDonald's Kidz Bop CD Pulled for Kid-Unfriendly Language
Is McDonald's teaching kids to swear? Photo courtesy of sxc.hu. Some Alabama parents are upset about a track on the Kidz Bop 6 CD that is being given away with McDonald's Happy Meals. They say the supposedly kid-friendly version of Gavin De ...
School Lunch Should Be a Dining Experience
A few months into the first grade, I realized that my kid was having a problem at school. Lunch. Every morning I would fill Ellie's lunch box up -- and every afternoon I would find it almost completely untouched. She might drink the juice, but that ...McDonald's burgers built to last
Karen Hanrahan is a wellness educator who teaches a workshop titled Healthy Choices for Children. Her class is for parents and is intended to teach them about healthy alternatives to the processed food products so widely available today. To ...
American Family Association calls for boycott of McDonald's
I've heard of a lot of reasons why people avoid "Old McDodald's", as the famous fast food chain is known around our house -- the general unhealthiness of the food, the destruction of the rainforests, their marketing through school notices, and so on ...
Say goodbye to happy (meal) report cards
Remember the Florida school district that paid for the printing of their report cards by selling ad space on the envelopes to McDonald's? Apparently more parents came forward as being opposed to the deal and, with the help of The Campaign for a ...
You want fries with that baby?
When I worked at McDonald's, I brought home what seemed like a huge amount of money, for a teenager. Sometimes, I would bring home dinner too. One girl, working at a McDonald's in Vancouver, Washington, brought home a bit more than that. She brought ...
Happy meals for happy report cards
Not every youngster understands that good grades are their own reward -- I certainly didn't when I was in school. So in order to give kids and incentive they can really sink their teeth into, a lot of parents offer a treat as reward for a good report ...
'Flat buns' TV ad has teachers fuming
So have you seen the latest Hardees TV ad? The marketing marvel apparently features an alluring young teacher shaking her money maker in front a class of students -- who are all rapping about the educator's "flat buns." According to Hardees, it was ...
Addiction of the Week: Tucker's Express Kitchen
Fast Food All Grown Up -- that's the slogan at my new lunchtime take-out obsession, Tucker's Express Kitchen. Now I assumed that such a well-designed and maintained concept in quick food would come from the US. But no. My Googling leads me to believe ...What's for dinner?
It's Friday, so it must be turkey chili night. I have about 5 dishes that I can whip up easily with few ingredients and it is those five I find myself preparing over and over. I like these dishes because they are easy and don't require a lot of ...
McDonald's denies food to woman because of her lack of arms
Now, here's a story surprises the heck out of me, in more ways than one. First, the story is incredible in itself. Dawn Larson, a woman born with a genetic disorder which causes abnormalities in the hands, arms, and heart, is suing McDonald's for ...
Teens banned from McDonald's during lunch
In case you are wondering, it is okay to go to McDonald's and get a Quarter Pounder With Cheese. It is not okay to shut off the restaurant's water or shove pregnant women around. That's exactly what teenagers in Greeley, Colorado have done and it has ...
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