Happy Meals will get healthier
After coming under pressure from consumer groups to provide more nutritional fare, McDonald's Corp. said Tuesday it will soon begin reducing the French fry portion of its Happy Meals by more than half. McDonald's will also automatically add apples to every meal.
McDonald's will start making the changes in September, according to a media release from the corporation. The new Happy Meals will be available in all of its 14,000 U.S. restaurants by the first quarter of 2012.
Prices for the more health-conscious Happy Meals will not change, and toys will continue to be included.
A new child's French fry portion will be about 100 calories and 1.1 ounces, down from 2.4 ounces in the current portion. The apple portion will include a half-cup of peeled fruit with no added sugar or accompanying dipping sauces. As a result, calorie counts for the Happy Meals will drop by about 20 percent.
The Happy Meal makeover is the response by McDonald's to critics who claim McDonald's uses toys to market bad nutrition to children. Several cities and counties in California have banned Happy Meals, and a New York council member proposed a similar measure this year.
Last year, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a consumer group that advocates healthier restaurant food for children, sued McDonald's to stop the chain from using Happy Meal toys to entice children.
According to the center, of the 24 possible Happy Meal combinations that McDonald's describes on its website, all exceed 430 calories, which is one-third of the 1,300-calorie recommended daily intake for children ages 4-8.
A Happy Meal of a cheeseburger, French fries and a Sprite has half a day's recommended calories (640) and saturated fat (7 grams). It also carries about 940 milligrams of sodium and about two days' worth of sugar (35 grams).
In its lawsuit, the center said getting children accustomed to eating burgers, fries and soda puts them at greater risk of developing obesity, diabetes or other diet-related diseases over the course of their lifetimes.
In comparison, a new Happy Meal with four pieces of McNuggets, apple slices, smaller French Fries and 1 percent milk has 410 calories, 19 grams of fat and 560 milligrams of sodium.
The new changes will help, but fast food is still not a healthy choice, said Colton Woodard, an instructor at the Ocala Karate Dojo.
Woodard, 20, and his brother Dalton, 21, help the Dojo run a local summer camp. On Tuesday afternoon, the brothers splashed around with 35 kids in the Jervey Gantt Aquatic Fun Center.
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