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When it comes to fast food, consumers talk thin but eat fat
New York City :: NY :: USA | over 1 year ago
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No matter that first lady Michelle Obama has been on a crusade for a year and a half to slim down the country. Never mind that some restaurants have started listing calories on their menus...When Americans eat out, we order burgers and fries anyway. "
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McDonald's Cuts Happy Meal Portion Size
Phoenix :: AZ :: USA | over 1 year ago
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McDonald's is serving up a big lesson for kids by offering a smaller portion of fries and parents are weighing in on the company's decision. They're so small, it almost looks like a toy itself: 1.1 ounces of fries in the revamped McDonald's Happy
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McDonald’s adds apple slices, shrinks fries in Happy Meals
Cook :: NE :: USA | over 1 year ago
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GUY Business Reporter/sguy@suntimes.com October 27, 2011 5:54PM Local McDonald's restaurants is changing its Happy Meals for kids starting Friday. Now the meals will include apple slices and a smaller serving of french fries, or customers can replace
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How 'bout them apples?
Chicago :: IL :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Updated 1 hour ago Text size P arents who can't get their kids to eat anything except fast food may be a little happier when they scream for the Golden Arches. McDonald's is rolling out a new Happy Meal that automatically includes apple slices
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A study finds parents and ads can influence what kids eat
Laredo :: TX :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Parents may have sway over what their children eat, but a study shows that you should never underestimate the power of advertising. Television commercials figured into a study released this week in the Journal of Pediatrics involving 75 kids age 3 to
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Salads are nice, but burgers are what really sell
New York :: NY :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Americans talk skinny but eat fat. No matter that First Lady Michelle Obama has been on a crusade for a year and a half to slim down the country. Never mind that some restaurants have started listing calories on their menus...
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The High Price Of Cheap Food
New York City :: NY :: USA | over 1 year ago
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The fact that junk food is cheaper than real food has become a reflexive part of how we explain why so many Americans are overweight, particularly those with lower incomes. I frequently read confident statements like, when a bag of chips is cheaper
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McDonald's rolling out New Happy Meals in the area
New York City :: NY :: USA | over 1 year ago
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McDonald's today began a rollout of its "New Happy Meal" in the Sacramento area and Bay Area, offering fruit with each meal. The fast-food giant said the new meals will be in all regional restaurants by Friday. The new meals include a quarter cup of
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Skechers teams with McDonald's in Happy Meal promotion
Manhattan Beach :: CA :: USA | over 1 year ago
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On Friday, McDonald's launched a three-week Happy Meal promotion with a Skechers animated character. The promotion is being conducted at McDonald's restaurants in the United States and Canada...The toys are Decorated with an image of the animated
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Fast-food marketing to kids unhealthy
Chicago :: IL :: USA | almost 2 years ago
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While adding fruits and veggies to Happy Meals is a good step, McDonalds continues to avoid addressing the primary way in which the corporation contributes to the staggering rates of diet-related disease: the hundreds of millions it spends
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