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san francisco passes law banning toys in happy meals
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san francisco has become the first u.s. city to crack down on the dubious practice of fast food companies luring children into eating unhealthy meals by giving away gimmicky toys. "our children are sick. rates of obesity in san francisco are disturbingly high, especially among children of color," said san francisco supervisor eric mar, the sponsor of the measure, in a press conference.
the new law, which goes into effect december, 2011, would only allow toys to be given away with "healthy" children's meals. that's defined as a meal under 600 calories that includes fruits and vegetables but not a beverage with excess sugar (such as a soda). mcdonald's happy meals obviously do not fit this definition of a healthy meal.
big bucks to dangle toys in front of childrenaccording to a reuters report, mcdonald's spent over half a billion dollars advertising and giving away toys in 2006. this is obviously money spent with a purpose -- and the purpose is to keep children begging for more happy meals so they can get their hands on more toys. across the industry, promotional spending on children's toys to promote junk food tops $1.6 billion a year, reports reuters.
that's $1.6 billion spent in trying to persuade children to eat factory-fabricated animal products and nutritionally-depleted fast foods. can you imagine what this must be contributing to childhood obesity? what about diabetes and heart disease later in life?
san francisco understands that feeding junk food to your children is not a smart way to have a healthy city (or state, or nation for that matter). i actually admire the city's willingness to start clamping down on these toy enticements. there's a point at which local communities and cities need to send a message to corporate america: "you will not be allowed to harm our children any longer!"
i just wish more cities had the courage to stand up to the powerful fast food chains and say enough is enough. yes, you can sell food. or you can sell toys. but you can't use toys to trick children into asking for food that we now know is strongly contributing to an epidemic of obesity and disease.
in a perfect society, of course, it would be parents who would say no to their children and stop buying happy meals with toys in them in the first place. but health-oriented parenting is another article altogether.
sources for this story include:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idus...
Source :NaturalNews.com
Date :
4
November
2010
Category :
Food And Health
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mcdonalds has defended their iconic happy meals against a lawsuit alleging that the fast food company’s use of toys is unfair and deceptive marketing, and lures children into unhealthy choices. america’s centre for science in the public interest (cspi) announced in june that they would sue mcdonalds if mcdonalds continued to include toys in the meal, and yesterday announced their support for california mother-of-two monet parham in filing her class-action lawsuit against the company.
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new south wales premier kristina kenneally yesterday announced that menus for fast-food outlets across nsw will be required to display kilojoule information on their printed and menu boards, as of february 1st 2011. businesses such as major fast food, bakery, coffee and doughnut chains will now be required to ‘clearly and legibly’ display the kilojoule content on their menu board, as well as prominently featuring the average adult daily energy intake of 8700 kilojoules.
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australia’s premier consumer advocacy group choice has reignited the food debate over whether australia should adopt a traffic light system for front-of-package labelling of packaged foods. choice has called for mandatory front-of-pack traffic light labelling on muesli in australia. traffic light labelling is a system that features red, green, or amber symbols on the label for each of the main nutrients in the product (such as fat, sugars, and salt).
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hj heinz has announced it will move its beetroot, sauces and some of its meals production from three factories in australia to a facility in new zealand. the changes, part of the supply-chain revamp the us food maker announced yesterday (26 may), will see the production moved from plants in girgarre, brisbane and wagga wagga. the gigarre plant is set to close, although the brisbane and wagga wagga facilities will be kept open.
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us food writer anthony bourdain’s new book, medium raw, hits australian shelves today. in his latest offering, the author of kitchen confidential roasts the food industry from top to bottom, including the food network, the restaurant industry, the us meat industry and mcdonalds, and as always, his fellow chefs. bourdain also explores the obesity and diabetes epidemic, ‘fat taxes’, the slow food movement, nose-to-tail eating and vegetarianism, all in his characteristic blunt, funny, foul-mouthed, no-punches-pulled style.
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sa health minister john hill has announced moves to require all major fast food retailers in south australia to display kilojoule information on their menu boards, websites, leaflets and menus. the new regulations (under the food act 2001) would require food chains with 20 or more stores in sa, or 50 or more stores nationally, to state the kilojoule content of each item clearly and legibly alongside the price of the product, as well as prominently featuring the average adult daily energy intake of 8700kj, and any outlet failing to provide the information as required could be fined and, if successfully prosecuted, named on the department of health website.
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food relief agency foodbank is calling for assistance with its critical role in queensland’s emergency support efforts, with its warehouse in the brisbane suburb of morningside due to reopen tomorrow after evacuation yesterday. the organisation said that its industry donors have dug deep in response to a call for extra supplies and, so far, have committed 400,000 kilograms of food and groceries, worth close to $3 million, with more pledges coming in daily.
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