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Happy Meals May Cause Childhood Obesity, Diabetes, and ADD. San Francisco’s New Law Aims to Curb That…and Is Sharply Rebuked by Republicans

By On March 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Policies of Sustainability

New law in San Francisco asks McDonald’s to make Happy Meals healthy meals, or not include a toy with them. Republicans slam the effort as socialism…and ignore external health costs borne by the children, and financial costs borne by the taxpayer resulting from childhood health problems like diabetes, ADD, ADHD, and the […]

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