Why McDonald’s Happy Meals are officially ‘healthy’

Fast-food children’s menu gets the green light from UK advertising watchdog

McDonalds Happy Meal
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The UK’s advertising watchdog has ruled that McDonald’s Happy Meals do not count as a food product “high in fat, salt or sugar” (HFSS).

The Advertising Standards Agency made the ruling in response to a complaint that an ad for the fast-food restaurant’s kid’s menu shown between episodes of Peppa Pig breached UK advertising regulations aimed at cutting childhood obesity.

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