A rotund city councilman who admits his eating habits are off the scales wants to make kids’ fast food meals less happy and more healthy.“I am an example,” said Comrie, who refused to say how much he weighs but is thought to be over 300 pounds. “If you look at me. I enjoy fast food and unhealthy eating.”
The Queens councilman on Wednesday will press the Fast Food Toy Ban Bill, which limit any meal that comes with a toy to under 500 calories.
That could mean some heavy changes for the big name chains.
According to nutrition info on McDonald’s website, Happy Meals range in calories from 380 for a burger, apple dippers and juice to 700 for a cheeseburger, fries and chocolate milk.
But Comrie’s office found that depending on what choices a kid or his parents make, the top calorie count can go to as much 1,090 calories at McDonald’s; 1,460 at Burger King; 1,080 at Wendy’s; and 680 at KFC
“We are not trying to hurt anyone’s bottom line. We are trying to help people’s bottoms,” Comrie said Tuesday.
Yet again I’ll say it. If kids don’t get money from parents, they don’t eat the food. The government cannot and should not step in and make parenting decisions. But that being said, how awesome a microcosm of the current state of affairs in the US is this? This fat bastard wants the meals changed or banned, and yet he still continues to eat the crap he wants out of everyone’s hands.