More from CafeMom: Edible Tide Pods Are Now a Thing & We’ve Officially Lost Our Faith in Humanity The executives claim they’re working with Alliance for a Healthier Generation, a public health company that works to reinforce “healthy eating habits and active lifestyles kids learn at school and at home,” to roll out new menu options by 2022. While the full roll-out is still a few years off, parents can expect to see cheeseburgers and chocolate milk leave the kids’ menu by June of this year. Only plain hamburgers, six-piece chicken nuggets, and four-piece chicken nuggets will be advertised as the main item in Happy Meals. But McDonald’s doesn’t seem shaken by the response. “Today’s announcement represents meaningful progress to impact kids’ calories, saturated fat, sodium and added sugar in Happy Meal bundles as offered on menu boards — and to promote more water,” Howell Wechsler, CEO of Alliance for a Healthier Generation, said in an official press release. “This sets a high bar, and we hope other industry leaders will follow suit.”
