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Recently, the County of Santa Clara passed an ordinance banning toys, gifts and promotions with high-calorie kids' meals offered by area restaurants. The ordinance forbids the inclusion of a toy in any restaurant meal that has more than 485 calories, more than 600 mg of salt or high amounts of sugar and/or fat. Restaurant Association spokesman Daniel Conway says this is sending the message that parents are making the wrong choices, and therefore, they should no longer have the choice. To read more: Download the pdf

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The Santa Clara Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance authored by Supervisor Ken Yeager by a 3-2 vote that bans most toys and other incentives for children in restaurants in the unincorporated area of the county on April 27. The California Restaurant Association strongly opposed the ordinance and so did most county residents. (Read full press release)

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With nearly 33% of children in America considered to be overweight or obese - a rate that has tripled in adolescents and more than doubled in younger children since 1980 - an Obama Administration task force recently established a goal of reducing the childhood obesity rate to just 5% by 2030, less than a gen- eration away. To read more, Download the pdf

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Eighty-seven percent of Santa Clara County residents do not agree that local government and lawmakers are better informed than ordinary citizens about what kind of food sold in restaurants is healthy and nutritious.
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Supervisor Eric Mar may help San Francisco join a larger movement to prohibit fast-food businesses from offering toys with kids' meals. (Read more)

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"Food Police" Become America’s Most Wanted Criminals"

Thanks to Nanny State Liberation Front‘s article regarding C3’s efforts in battling Santa Clara bureaucrats’ ridiculous ban on Happy Meals and the absurdity of CSPI’s lawsuit against McDonald’s. Standing firmly on consumers’ behalves, FreetoChooseOurMeals will continue fighting for parents’ rights to choose what their kids eat.

‘Food Police’ Become America’s Most Wanted Criminals

The ‘food police’ just became ‘America’s Most Wanted’ criminals for their recent attempt to rob children across America of their beloved McDonald’s Happy Meals. A quick look at the Center for Science in the Public Interest’s (CSPI) Facebook page reveals that scores of angry parents have plastered the organization’s ‘Wall’ with angry messages demanding CSPI back-off from suing McDonald’s and infringing on their parental rights.

On Monday, June 28, the consumer advocacy group Creative Consumer Concepts (C3) launched a new online resource to help parents fight back against the CSPI publicity stunt targeting Happy Meals and parents’ rights to choose what their kids eat. A new website, FreetoChooseOurMeals.com, contains facts debunking and discrediting CSPI’s current and former attempts to regulate what Americans consume through scare tactics, media propaganda, and ultimately, frivolous lawsuits.

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