This is true, without McDonald's there is
no sugar and fat in anyone's diet ... ho-ho-ho.

quote,

Associating Ronald McDonald with
having your teeth done could be a turn-off.

YUP, especially if he is wearing
his clown suit while yanking the teeth ......

Joel

King stands by McDonald's despite outcry

07.03.05
by Martin Johnston

Health Minister Annette King rejects claims a McDonald's-linked
sponsorship of a children's dental clinic will necessarily boost
consumption of burgers and sugary soft drinks.

She strongly supports the $750,000 Ronald McDonald House Charities'
sponsorship of the Northland mobile clinic and will launch it on March
23.

The clinic will cover from the Bay of Islands to the Hokianga, an area
without fluoridated water and with some of New Zealand's worst child
tooth decay rates. It is expected to reach 2500 children in its first
year.

The outside of the truck containing the two-chair Northland District
Health Board clinic will feature a picture of Ronald McDonald, a
clown, holding a toothbrush and toothpaste.

Opponents say the clown and the clinic's name will inevitably fuel
children's demand for McDonald's. But Ms King questioned this.

"You could argue the opposite. Associating Ronald McDonald with having
your teeth done could be a turn-off. Having the occasional hamburger
or can of fruit juice from McDonald's is no worse than having other
food and fruit drinks from other outlets.

"I think most parents are sensible. What they hate is people telling
them they can't make sensible decisions."

Auckland University senior marketing lecturer Dr Christina Lee said
McDonald's and its clown were so well known by most children that the
image on the clinic would reinforce their positive feelings about the
chain's foods and drinks.

This would encourage them to consume more of them - or at least to
pester their parents to be allowed to.

The Fight the Obesity Epidemic group has asked members to send a form
letter to Ms King urging her to withdraw from launching the scheme.

The letter says the biggest change to children's diets in recent years
is the increase in calories from non-alcoholic drinks, leading to
obesity and dental decay.

Green Party health spokeswoman Sue Kedgley said Ms King should end the
sponsorship deal.

McDonald's says it is unfair to focus solely on its sugary drinks,
because it sells a range of beverages, including water, and sugary
drinks are also sold by many other outlets.

But while the debate continues, the controversial 8-year-old
McDonald's in the Starship hospital is about to close. It has not been
selling enough burgers.

Staff turn sour

Some health workers are objecting abusively to the loss of high-sugar
drinks from hospital vending machines.

The Waitemata District Health Board has started substituting diet soft
drinks for drinks containing sugar.

This follows rising concern about the links between sugary drinks and
obesity and tooth decay.

In a newsletter, board chief executive Dwayne Crombie takes a swipe at
staff who have reacted angrily to the change. "I have been
disappointed most by the abusive comments from a very small number of
our so-called health professionals ... directed at some of our staff
who implemented this change.

"Complain to me and we can discuss it but behaviour like that is
unacceptable ... and we can do without people like that at Waitemata
Health."

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I thought this was about "The King" Elvis Presley but everyone knows
he loves Wendy's more than McDonald's. In fact Elvis is working at a
Wendy's in Minneapolis as we speak and he is very happy.

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