McDonald's Makes Apple Move Towards Healthier And Happier Kids Meals

There are no "healthy foods," there is only eating healthily.

The legendary Happy Meal is undergoing a facelift that the corporate giant McDonald's hopes will place them as a leader in the attempt to help curb the massive childhood obesity problem in the United States and abroad. The changes will take effect in September in some markets and then roll out to all 14,000 McDonald's restaurants in the U.S. by April. Overall the meals will see a 20% decrease in caloric counts.

Now the meals will come with a toy as usual, but additionally there will be a serving of fruit or vegetables and the classic shrink French fry portion will get smaller. There was a rumor fries were being eliminated all together, but that came from some public resistance. The new fry portions will drop to 1.1 ounces of potatoes, down from 2.4. Apple slices will often be included as the healthful side dish, but it could also be carrots, raisins, pineapple slices or mandarin oranges, depending on the time of year and the region in which they're being served.

We will see if this results in fewer Calories in.