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McDonald's stockholders reject childhood obesity proposal
Shareholders resoundingly rejected a proposal that would have required it to issue a report outlining its role in the childhood obesity epidemic.
By Debra Sherman, ReutersThu, May 19 2011 at 4:22 PM EST
HAPPY MEALS: McDonald's has been a lightning rod for criticism for years over its marketing tactics and sales of Happy Meals for children that include toys as inducements. (Photo: Jeff Chiu/AP)
OAK BROOK, Ill. - McDonald's Corp spurned calls to assess the impact of its food on childhood obesity, and said its trademark clown Ronald McDonald would be hawking Happy Meals to kids for years to come.
"This is about choice and we believe in the democratic process," Chief Executive Jim Skinner told a packed room at its shareholders' meeting, to an enthusiastic wave of applause. "This is about the personal and individual right to choose."
Shareholders of the world's largest fast-food chain resoundingly rejected a proposal that would have required it to issue a report outlining its role in the childhood obesity epidemic, saying customers were free to make their own dietary choices.
Good for them! If you go to McDonald's expecting a meal that is nutritious and balanced then you've never been to one before. If you use it as an outlet for food on the run once in awhile or for a treat now and again there is nothing wrong with it. JMO
McDonald's stockholders reject childhood obesity proposal
Shareholders resoundingly rejected a proposal that would have required it to issue a report outlining its role in the childhood obesity epidemic.
By Debra Sherman, ReutersThu, May 19 2011 at 4:22 PM EST
HAPPY MEALS: McDonald's has been a lightning rod for criticism for years over its marketing tactics and sales of Happy Meals for children that include toys as inducements. (Photo: Jeff Chiu/AP)
OAK BROOK, Ill. - McDonald's Corp spurned calls to assess the impact of its food on childhood obesity, and said its trademark clown Ronald McDonald would be hawking Happy Meals to kids for years to come.
"This is about choice and we believe in the democratic process," Chief Executive Jim Skinner told a packed room at its shareholders' meeting, to an enthusiastic wave of applause. "This is about the personal and individual right to choose."
Shareholders of the world's largest fast-food chain resoundingly rejected a proposal that would have required it to issue a report outlining its role in the childhood obesity epidemic, saying customers were free to make their own dietary choices.
Good for them! If you go to McDonald's expecting a meal that is nutritious and balanced then you've never been to one before. If you use it as an outlet for food on the run once in awhile or for a treat now and again there is nothing wrong with it. JMO