Celebrate Food Day by calling on McDonald's to stop marketing to kids

This Food day, stand up for health and sustainable food systems by calling on McDonald's to stop marketing junk food to kids.

Email McDonald's CEO Jim Skinner!

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Your Letter:

Dear CEO Skinner,

Today is the first annual Food Day and people across the U.S are taking action to promote healthy, affordable food produced in a sustainable way. In recognition of food day, I’m writing to ask you to take an important step forward towards saving a generation of children from devastating and preventable illness, and stop McDonald's predatory marketing to kids.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in three children are at risk for developing type-2 diabetes as a result of diets high in McDonald’s-style junk food. This generation of children may be the first in U.S. history to live shorter lives than their parents.

A growing body of scientific evidence demonstrates that reducing junk food marketing to kids could profoundly reduce the rates of diet-related diseases such as diabetes. The American Academy of Pediatrics was the most recent to draw this conclusion with their recommendation of a national policy prohibiting junk food marketing to kids.

Mr. Skinner, do the right thing this Food Day: End your marketing promotions geared to children in whatever form they take – from Ronald McDonald to toy giveaways. Our children’s health depends on it.

Sincerely,

James Skinner

McDonald's

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