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Here are some interesting "facts". Feel free to add our own! 
* In the United States, the food industry spends more than $33 BILLION a year to advertise products that are mostly loaded with fat, salt and sugar. Of that, $12 billion a year is spent on marketing to youth.
* According to a 2007 Kaiser Family Foundation study, children aged 8 to 12 viewed an average of 21 food ads a day. Of those, 34 per cent were for candy or snacks, 28 per cent for cereal and 10 per cent for fast food.None were for fruits or vegetables.
* The American National Cancer Institute spends $1 million per year to encourage people to eat fruits and vegetables.
* According to the Canadian Paediatric Society, most food advertising on children's TV shows is for fast foods, soft drinks, candy and pre-sweetened cereals - while commercials for healthful food make up only 4 per cent of those shown.
* Every month, more than 90 per cent of the children in the United States eat at McDonald's.
* Over the past twenty-five years, American researchers have found an increase in fast-food commercials during children's television programming - with many of these commercials emphasizing larger portions.
* During the 1950s, the typical soft drink order at a fast food restaurant contained about eight ounces of soda. Today, a "child" order of Coke at McDonald's is twelve ounces, and a large Coke is thirty-two ounces (and about 310 calories!).
* Fast food companies make higher profits on soft drinks than on their food products.
* In 1997, Americans spent over $54 billion on soft drinks.
* A super-sized order of McDonald's fries contains 610 calories and 29 grams of fat. Other brands aren't much better: a king-sized order of Burger King's fries packs 590 calories and 30 grams of fat.
* Per ounce, Chicken McNuggets contain twice as much fat as hamburger.
* McDonald's is the largest owner of private playgrounds in North America.
* A Stanford University study showed that when children aged 3 to 5 were offered two identical meals, one wrapped in plain paper and one in MacDonald's packaging, children preferred the latter, insisting that it tasted better.
* In the United States, the food industry spends more than $33 BILLION a year to advertise products that are mostly loaded with fat, salt and sugar. Of that, $12 billion a year is spent on marketing to youth.
* According to a 2007 Kaiser Family Foundation study, children aged 8 to 12 viewed an average of 21 food ads a day. Of those, 34 per cent were for candy or snacks, 28 per cent for cereal and 10 per cent for fast food.None were for fruits or vegetables.
* The American National Cancer Institute spends $1 million per year to encourage people to eat fruits and vegetables.
* According to the Canadian Paediatric Society, most food advertising on children's TV shows is for fast foods, soft drinks, candy and pre-sweetened cereals - while commercials for healthful food make up only 4 per cent of those shown.
* Every month, more than 90 per cent of the children in the United States eat at McDonald's.
* Over the past twenty-five years, American researchers have found an increase in fast-food commercials during children's television programming - with many of these commercials emphasizing larger portions.
* During the 1950s, the typical soft drink order at a fast food restaurant contained about eight ounces of soda. Today, a "child" order of Coke at McDonald's is twelve ounces, and a large Coke is thirty-two ounces (and about 310 calories!).
* Fast food companies make higher profits on soft drinks than on their food products.
* In 1997, Americans spent over $54 billion on soft drinks.
* A super-sized order of McDonald's fries contains 610 calories and 29 grams of fat. Other brands aren't much better: a king-sized order of Burger King's fries packs 590 calories and 30 grams of fat.
* Per ounce, Chicken McNuggets contain twice as much fat as hamburger.
* McDonald's is the largest owner of private playgrounds in North America.
* A Stanford University study showed that when children aged 3 to 5 were offered two identical meals, one wrapped in plain paper and one in MacDonald's packaging, children preferred the latter, insisting that it tasted better.
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Here are some interesting "facts". Feel free to add our own!
* In the United States, the food industry spends more than $33 BILLION a year to advertise products that are mostly loaded with fat, salt and sugar. Of that, $12 billion a year is spent on marketing to youth.
* According to a 2007 Kaiser Family Foundation study, children aged 8 to 12 viewed an average of 21 food ads a day. Of those, 34 per cent were for candy or snacks, 28 per cent for cereal and 10 per cent for fast food.None were for fruits or vegetables.
* The American National Cancer Institute spends $1 million per year to encourage people to eat fruits and vegetables.
* According to the Canadian Paediatric Society, most food advertising on children's TV shows is for fast foods, soft drinks, candy and pre-sweetened cereals - while commercials for healthful food make up only 4 per cent of those shown.
* Every month, more than 90 per cent of the children in the United States eat at McDonald's.
* Over the past twenty-five years, American researchers have found an increase in fast-food commercials during children's television programming - with many of these commercials emphasizing larger portions.
* During the 1950s, the typical soft drink order at a fast food restaurant contained about eight ounces of soda. Today, a "child" order of Coke at McDonald's is twelve ounces, and a large Coke is thirty-two ounces (and about 310 calories!).
* Fast food companies make higher profits on soft drinks than on their food products.
* In 1997, Americans spent over $54 billion on soft drinks.
* A super-sized order of McDonald's fries contains 610 calories and 29 grams of fat. Other brands aren't much better: a king-sized order of Burger King's fries packs 590 calories and 30 grams of fat.
* Per ounce, Chicken McNuggets contain twice as much fat as hamburger.
* McDonald's is the largest owner of private playgrounds in North America.
* A Stanford University study showed that when children aged 3 to 5 were offered two identical meals, one wrapped in plain paper and one in MacDonald's packaging, children preferred the latter, insisting that it tasted better.0 -
I think you are interesting0
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* McDonald's is the largest owner of private playgrounds in North America.
I find this one really funny! They feed them the unhealthiest stuff available then expect them to have the energy to play? Interesting indeed!0 -
:laugh: Im bored. You should see me when Im REALLY bored! Look out, lol.0
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wow.. the part about 90% of kids go to McDonalds at least once in a month is crazy... i know that i was one of those kids. we didn't eat out a lot but McDonalds was on the menu at least once in a month!0
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All the more reason to avoid fast food and eat at home, if laziness didn't play into all our actions as a society (not all but it is the biggest motivator it seems) Maybe things would be a lot different.:flowerforyou:0
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* McDonald's is the largest owner of private playgrounds in North America.
I find this one really funny! They feed them the unhealthiest stuff available then expect them to have the energy to play? Interesting indeed!
It's about luring children in.
The toys and the play place lures the kids in.
Mommy and Daddy agree.... it is all nice and 'easy'.
We pass a McDonald's on the way home from my kiddo's daycare and she begs me constantly, "Mommy, can we please get Old MacDonalds?" YES, she associates the children's song, "Old MacDonald had a farm, EIEIO" with McDonalds the fast food chain. :ohwell: (And no, I don't usually give in to her requests for a Happy Meal.)0 -
* McDonald's is the largest owner of private playgrounds in North America.
I find this one really funny! They feed them the unhealthiest stuff available then expect them to have the energy to play? Interesting indeed!
It's about luring children in.
The toys and the play place lures the kids in.
Mommy and Daddy agree.... it is all nice and 'easy'.
We pass a McDonald's on the way home from my kiddo's daycare and she begs me constantly, "Mommy, can we please get Old MacDonalds?" YES, she associates the children's song, "Old MacDonald had a farm, EIEIO" with McDonalds the fast food chain. :ohwell: (And no, I don't usually give in to her requests for a Happy Meal.)
You should tell her Old McDonald would be VERY sad if she ate his chickens and cows.
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Don't get me wrong....I love a good Big Mac, but usually when Im in need of a colon cleanse. And could they have picked a creepier mascot?! He just reeks "creepy"! :noway:
* Their smallest restaurant is found on the Ginza in Tokyo and measures only 492 square feet
* Ronald McDonald speaks more than 25 different languages.
* The sun never sets on the golden arches.
* Every four hours a new McDonalds opens some where.
* The oldest building housing a McDonalds has a structure dating back to the thirteenth century and is located in Shrewsbury, England.
* They serve over 46 million people daily, having sold well over 100 billion hamburgers.
* Outside of the U.S. the largest McDonalds market is Japan, where there are more than 3,000 restaurants operating.
* In Japan Ronald McDonald is known as Donald McDonald, or Uncle McDonald.
* The only continent not having McDonalds (yet) is Antarctica.
* The busiest McDonalds serves 40,000 people daily and is located in Moscow.
* If you buy Big Mac in India it is called a Maharaja Mac and contains lamb, not beef.
* Ronald McDonald has a big “understanding” his shoes are a size 14 ½ or as he states “extra long by extra wide by extra red.”.
* Just as cultural food tastes differ so does cultural McDonald's menus; enjoying a large variety such as salmon, beer, rice, pork burgers and even spaghetti.0 -
LOL!!!!!!! :laugh: :laugh:
I'm with the kid! I would be crying too.
(clown-fear since I was that age)
Disturbing Ronny McD
The "Maharaja Mac" in India kills me! Great name!
I've eaten at the McD's in Moscow - not too bad.0
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