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    Nutrition Group Takes Aim at Happy Meal Toys

    Plastic toys with Happy Meals encourage kids to eat the food that's producing an epidemic of childhood obesity. Santa Clara County, home to California's Silicon Valley, has made a decision to actively promote childhood nutrition and has banned such giveaways in unincorporated areas.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Plastic toys with Happy Meals encourage kids to eat the food that's producing an epidemic of childhood obesity. Santa Clara County, home to California's Silicon Valley, has made a decision to actively promote childhood nutrition and has banned such giveaways in unincorporated areas. One self-styled consumer watchdog group is threatening to sue. Sharon Bernstein is covering that story for the Los Angeles Times.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Darrell Satzman

      Producer

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      Sharon Bernstein

      Reuters

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    3. 44:59Nutrition Group Takes Aim at Happy Meal ToysYou’re reading this
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