McDonald’s has announced its new, healthier Happy Meal. The changes include a smaller portion of fries and the addition of apple slices.
But not everybody’s impressed. One unhappy nutritionist complains in her article, McDonald’s ‘Healthier’ New Happy Meals: Still Unhealthy, that “soda remains an option, the portion of apples is tiny, and the meal still has a toy.”
What’s the toy have to do with anything? Boy, some people are hard to please.
Sure, we get the toy’s a draw, but come on, we’re talking about kids. Frankly, I’m grateful when one of my nephews or nieces is happy with a small piece of plastic crap. Before you know it, they’re 10 years old and they want an iTouch. Maybe we should stop blaming McDonald’s and start blaming Apple for turning our kids into screen apes that just sit around and launch AngryBirds with their fingers.
We at The Diet Joke commend McDonald’s for moving in the right direction. And we don’t blame McDonald’s or Apple or any other company for America’s hefty kids. We’re more likely to blame parents.
