Problem: McDonald's marketing and advertising unhealthy products in an area that is made for educating. McDonald's does not care about the welfare of American kids today. All they care about is how much money they can make.
Quotation: "In the early days Ray Kroc flew in a Cessna to find schools, aiming to put new restaurants nearby."
Personalize Problem: When I was in high school there was literally a McDonald's down the block from my school. This McDonald's was the center point of all gossip and entertainment that everyone would just come to hang out and eat. This would happen everyday, in the mornings and evenings. Kids couldn't wait to leave school to go to McDonald's. It got to the point where students would offer to buy the security guards food if they let them exit the building, just to purchase food from McDonald's, and surprisingly the security guards would agree.
Solution that failed: One solution that the government has taken was advertising healthy eating habits in schools and how to make healthy food choices. This plan failed because it didn't stop McDonald's from building establishments near schools.
My Solution: If I had to give a solution that would create a change in students diets, I would provide a course that is mandatory for students to take that educates them on exactly where and how McDonald's creates their food. Another solution I have is to pass a law that states that McDonald's organizations must be a certain amount of miles away from school facilities.
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