Monday, July 07, 2014

Another Ridiculous "Psst, Kid, Wanna Have Some Candy?" Example

Chalk up another win for McDonald's as well as for the normalization of junk food and the use of sugar as a reward, and chalk up another loss for public health.

Thanks to Twitter's Bill Back for sending along a photo of the coupon for soft serve ice-cream his daughter received from a Spokane Washington police officer as a reward for wearing her bike helmet.

Our communities need to be working to provide children with fewer opportunities for junk, not more.