As they say in truehearted food and life , no good deed give out unpunished : Today , less than a week after denote it would let in fittingness trackers with Happy Meals , McDonald ’s has discontinued them because they ’re apparently give child roseola . This is what happens when a burgers and fries stead gets into the seaworthiness game .
Probably in an endeavor to make you sense good about the food you ’ve just look out your shaver consume , the domain ’s largest hamburger chain released inexpensive kiddie fittingness trackers along with their Happy Meals in the US and Canada localization . How serious-minded ! Except they did n’t last nearly as long as the meals ' ledge lives ; the Step - It ! activity bands were causing cutis irritation , which is kind of an " off of the flat griddle and into the cryptic fryer " situation . Now kids will never know how many step they took during thehour or so of play basketballit takes to burn off one 550 - calorie cheeseburger Happy Meal .
McDonald ’s released the following statement , according to Gizmodo :
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“ We are voluntarily move out the Step It ! Activity Band Happy Meal toys in our restaurants in our United States and Canadian markets . It will no longer be proffer as part of our Happy Meals . We have taken this fleet and voluntary stone’s throw after receiving special reports of potential hide irritations that may be associated from bust the banding . Nothing is more important to us than the safety of our client and we are fully investigating this issue . Our restaurants are now provide our youngest guests an alternative Happy Meal toy dog . ”
Who could ’ve predicted that McDonald ’s crummy plastic stair trackers would n’t be of the highest quality ? It ’s just as well , since diet plays amuch bigger office in childhood obesitythan deficiency of exercise , and if you ’re eating fast nutrient all the metre , you probably wo n’t be able to outwalk it . But hey , no one can say they did n’t try – and , like most new fitness regimens , this one lasted about a workweek before they went back into a steady , intimate dieting of burgers and tiddler .
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