california

Grandmas are writing snippy Letters to the Editor about their rights to buy Happy Meals with toys for their grandkids...and the word Nazi appears in few of these letters...as it should.

We limit the ways that alcohol and ciggies can be advertised

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We limit the ways that alcohol and ciggies can be advertised

You have failed to pay attention...what is being made illegal is a product for sale, this is not about advertising.

We dont forbid the sale of alcohol (we did however try it..it was a disaster), we dont forbid the sale of tobacco, hell, we dont even forbid the sale of most guns. How the hell does the government justify the forbidding of the sale of happy meals ?

And dont give me some BS about how the sale is not forbidden because mcd's can reformulate the happy meal to meet what ever nutrition point is currently in the law, because it will no longer be the happy meal.

They don't have to reformulate anything. Heck, they could drop the price of the happy meal and just sell the toys separately. You really don't seem to know what you are talking about here.

“McDonald’s is the stranger in the playground handing out candy to children,” said Stephen Gardner, litigation director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), a non-profit health research and advocacy group based out of Washington, DC. In June, CSPI threatened to sue McDonald’s if they didn’t stop using toys to woo children. “McDonald’s use of toys undercuts parental authority and exploits young children’s developmental immaturity – all this to induce children to prefer foods that may harm their health. It’s a creepy and predatory practice that warrants an injunction.”

The ordinance imposes very specific, common-sense restrictions. Restaurants cannot use toys as rewards for buying foods that have excessive calories (more than 120 for a beverage, 200 for a single food item or 485 for a meal), excessive sodium (480 mg for a single food item or 600 mg for a meal), excessive fat (more than 35% of total calories from fat), or excessive sugar (more than 10% of calories from added sweeteners.) The criteria are based on nationally recognized standards for children’s health created by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and recommendations for children’s food published by the Institute of Medicine (IOM).

The Santa Clara County health system has seen rapid increases in children seeking healthcare for obesity-related problems at a cost of millions of dollars each year. The County even created a Pediatric Healthy Lifestyle Center to address the complex medical needs of obese children in the county.

“Childhood obesity is a critical public health issue,” said Dr. Sara Cody, Acting Public Health Officer. “If we can help parents break the link between eating unhealthy food and getting a prize, we should.”

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They don't have to reformulate anything. Heck, they could drop the price of the happy meal and just sell the toys separately. You really don't seem to know what you are talking about here.

Even if the law allowed for parents to upcharge and get the toy in the happy meal, which it does not because the toy is not allowed to be in the same package as the happy meal, this is still none of the governments concern.

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“McDonald’s is the stranger in the playground handing out candy to children,” said Stephen Gardner, litigation director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), a non-profit health research and advocacy group based out of Washington, DC. In June, CSPI threatened to sue McDonald’s if they didn’t stop using toys to woo children. “McDonald’s use of toys undercuts parental authority and exploits young children’s developmental immaturity – all this to induce children to prefer foods that may harm their health. It’s a creepy and predatory practice that warrants an injunction.”

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2010/1104/Happy-Meal-ban-No-toys-for-you

as if kids decide for themselves what they are going to eat, with no parental involvement. I dont know too may kids who order a happy meal without the parents knowledge and consent. We have done the victim culture for too long, it has encouraged the looney tunes fringe to proudly put on public display their lack of sound mind

I'm surprised you don't argue for commercials full of sexy ladies showing how cool it is to smoke Camels, all over tv - especially kids TV. After all, if the gov't has no interest in anyone's health, and can't regulate advertising, then you would certainly support such things.

The victim here is posited, as always, to be you

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The victim here is posited, as always, to be you

the victims are all citizens of this once great country...

It's always your indignant whining about how things are going downhill

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It's always your indignant whining about how things are going downhill

so far my assertion that things are going down hill has not been disproved. Feel free to try.

While the assertion that things are going downhill buts me solidly in the majority, my actual claim....that this civilization is deep into the death cycle and will be replace with another on.....makes me odd.

It's one of the things that makes you odd; and deeply and totally boring. Really boring.

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The first study showed that male rats given water sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup in addition to a standard diet of rat chow gained much more weight than male rats that received water sweetened with table sugar, or sucrose, in conjunction with the standard diet. The concentration of sugar in the sucrose solution was the same as is found in some commercial soft drinks, while the high-fructose corn syrup solution was half as concentrated as most sodas.

http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S26/91/22K07/

Who here is subscribing to the delusional myth? I submit that it is yourself. You should try googling stuff like this before posting. This information took less than 30 seconds to find.

Cycloptichorn

These laws are intrusive and bully-ish. It's too much power over personal rights.

Okay, I recently found Mexican Coke at the supermarket, but as a general rule, I don't think there's much out there for comparison.