Kids' meal toys: Do they promote unhealthy eating habits?
- April 29, 2010 12:41 PM |
- By POV
Children in a California county will have less of a reason to play with their food. A Santa Clara board of supervisors approved a proposal to remove toys from kids' fast-food meals under certain circumstances. County supervisor Ken Yeager says the toys encourage children to eat unhealthy meals.
The measure eliminates toys in meals that have more than 485 calories and high levels of fat, sugar and salt.
Offerings like McDonald's Happy Meals currently don't meet the board's nutritional standards, even when apple sticks are substituted for french fries.
The toy ban takes effect in 90 days to give fast-food restaurants the chance to develop a voluntary effort to make kids' meals more healthful.
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Kids' meal toys: Do you think they promote unhealthy eating? Will banning the toys have a positive affect on childhood obesity?
(This poll is not scientific. It is based on readers' votes.)
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