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http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20101104/happy-meals-101103/20101104/?hub=CalgaryHome
You know those meals that you used to get when you were a kid over at McDonald's?? Well, in a couple counties in California (forgot which ones) ya can't get 'em anymore! Apparently, some politicians got together and decided that the Happy Meal was to blame for the high obesity rate in children. However, I pose to you another thought. Is it really the Happy Meal/McDonald's that's causing so many children to be overweight/diabetic etc, or is it the fault of parents being irresponsible and buying the children unhealthy food? Who should accept the responsibility of this increasing epidemic that plagues so many of our children every year??San Francisco's Board of Supervisors gave preliminary approval to the ordinance on Tuesday evening, with a vote of 8-to-3. If the law passes a second vote, the city would become the first in the U.S. to impose such a ban.
Under the ruling, scheduled to take effect in December 2011, San Francisco restaurants will be allowed to include a toy with a meal only if the food and drink in the meal contain fewer than 600 calories, less than 640 milligrams of sodium and if less than 35 per cent of the calories are derived from fat (less than 10 per cent from saturated fat), except for fat contained in nuts, seeds, eggs or low-fat cheese.
In addition, the meals must contain a half-cup or more of fruit and three-quarters of a cup or more of vegetables. A breakfast meal must contain at least a half-cup of fruit or vegetables.