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Happy Meal Advertising Trumps Good Parenting, Lawsuit Claims

(Dec. 15) -- Parents, you're no match for plastic toys and a pitchman clown. A lawsuit filed by the Center for Science in the Public Interest on behalf of a California mother contends that the fast-food chain McDonald's is "circumventing parental control" by luring children into desiring the company's toy-packing Happy...

San Francisco Bans Toys in Some Fast-Food Kids' Meals

SAN FRANCISCO (Nov. 9) -- It's a happy moment for people who see the Happy Meal as anything but. San Francisco has become the first major American city to prohibit fast-food restaurants from including toys with children's meals that do not meet nutritional guidelines. The city's Board of Supervisors gave the measure...

Report: Fast-Food Chains Increase Targeting Our Kids

(Nov. 8) -- You might have thought that with all the finger-pointing and concerns over childhood plumpness, America's fast- food industry would be trying to reduce the gut-busting, calorie-loaded, fat-filled offerings on their menus and the kid-targeted advertising. Not so, say researchers from Yale University's Rudd...

San Fran Lawmakers May Wipe the Smile Off Happy Meals

(Nov. 3) -- The McDonald's Happy Meal will get a little less happy if San Francisco lawmakers have their way. By a veto-proof 8-3 margin, the Board of Supervisors approved a proposal Tuesday night that would prohibit fast-food chains like McDonald's from giving away toys with kids' meals that exceed set levels of salt,...

San Francisco Pursues Happy Meal Crackdown

(Aug. 13) -- San Francisco is going to war against the Happy Meal. Newly proposed legislation in the progressive city would ban toys from kids meals sold at fast-food chains unless they met nutritional standards. Reports USA Today (hat tip Gawker): Kids meals rank among fast food's big sales catalysts. Although kids...

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McDonald's Sidesteps SF Happy Meal Toy Ban

On Thursday, San Francisco's controversial Healthy Food Incentive Ordinance takes affect, banning toy giveaways with children's meals at fast-food restaurants unless the meal meets San Francisco's strict nutritional standards.

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More 'Batman: The Brave and the Bold' Happy Meal Toys Coming From McDonald's

The Brave and the Bold Happy Meal toys, McDonald's is at it again with a brand new line of superheroic collectibles.

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Happy Meal Toys to Be Banned in NYC?

Comrie's bill would prohibit any restaurants from giving out kid-targeted trinkets with meals that have more than 500 calories, 600 milligrams of sodium and 35 percent of calories from fat, excluding nuts, seeds and nut butters.

Background on happy meal toys

A "Happy Meal" is a meal specifically marketed at children, sold at the fast-food chain McDonald's since June 1979. A toy is typically included with the food, both of which are usually contained in a small box or paper bag with the McDonald's logo.

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