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Yes, the nuggets taste fine, but let's face it: Most kids beg their parents for Happy Meals because they regard fast-food drive-throughs as drive-by toy stores. The city of San Francisco has already banned toys in fast-food meals, and now it looks as though New York City may follow suit.
Councilman Leroy Comrie, a coucilman from Queens, said "Prohibiting fast food restaurants from giving out toys with highly unhealthy meals will reduce the allure of such establishments for children while hopefully incentivizing the fast food industry to provide their customers with healthier and more nutritious options," reports the New York Post.
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4-06-2011 @3:29PM Liz said... Another fine example of government telling us how to live our lives and taking the fun out of everything.
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4-08-2011 @7:20AM gobo said... Not really. It's more an example of one councilman with a grudge who wants to help curb obesity. What boy1der1983 says is correct; the best answer here would be to push for healthier kids' meals, toy or no toy. But in any case, "the government" isn't telling you how to live your life.
4-06-2011 @8:48PM nkiritsis13 said... So, instead of a a better approach that directly influences the disproportionate amount of calories and poor nutritional value in many kids fast food meals in general, the councilman would rather try to lure kids into eating healthier options with a toy? Instead of doing the reverse of what fast food companies do, try targeting the actual problem which is the food, not the toy. Children getting healthier Happy Meals and a toy sounds on track instead of taking away a toy because some might want chicken over apple slices.
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4-07-2011 @1:05PM boy1der1983 said... where did these calorie counts come from? 1,090 for a happy meal? Shocking? Yes! Accurate? No!
Happy Meals start at 380 Calories for a 4pc nugget, apple slices and juice. Topping out at 700 calories for a Cheeseburger, fries and chocolate milk.
In fact, in 24 possible combinations about 40% actually qualify to be served with a toy. All the meals that did not qualify had fries with them, so maybe pushing the apple slices would be better.
Eliminate the salty fries, opt for apple peices, let McDonalds be.
http://nutrition.mcdonalds.com/nutritionexchange/Happy_Meals_Nutrition_List.pdf
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4-08-2011 @1:30PM Lauren said... The Happy Meal toy ban will have little effect on childhood obesity rates. Kids' eating habits are most influenced by their parents - not toy giveaways. Instead, efforts need to be aimed at teaching parents and kids about healthy food choices. The ban is a Band-aid proposed by politicians who don't want to invest in the resources needed to build America's health literacy. Here's my take: http://community.advanceweb.com/blogs/cp_1/archive/2011/04/08/happy-meal-toy-ban-misses-the-mark.aspx
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4-15-2011 @9:10PM mcphargus said... Passing under the golden arches,
my chubby fingers clenched in anticipation
Mommy places my order, a Happy Meal,
My heart swells with jubilation
Glancing inside, my hopes are deflated
The happy-hating hipster health freaks
say toys facilitated
my father's cardiac arrest.
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