San Francisco this week became the first major city to pass a so-called Happy Meal ban, on the heels of Santa Clara County establishing its own prohibition of high-calorie, high-fat meals served up with a toy.
But will the battle to reform the meals, aimed at children, spread more widely?
“It’s only going to pick up steam,” said Ken Yeager, the Santa Clara County supervisor who introduced the ban, which forbids restaurants from giving away toys with meals that don’t meet nutritional standards. “The fast-food chains must realize that the tide has turned.”