for those heading to Disney parks in the future,
"Disney announced today it is severing all connections with junk food.
Burger and chips will soon be off the menu at its theme parks worldwide. Film and cartoon characters will no longer be used to promote salty snacks and sugary drinks.
The move by such a powerful and influential company is being hailed as a major breakthrough in the battle against obesity among children.
Out will go products such as The Incredibles Pop Tarts and Winnie The Pooh biscuits. In could be Nemo mineral water and porridge courtesy of Goldilocks.
Disneyland, Disney World in Florida and Disneyland Paris will serve up vegetables and fruit juice.
The firm is also ending its 10-year $1 billion deal with McDonald's to advertise on its happy meals.
Walt Disney Corporation has come under pressure-for years in Britain to follow the lead of the BBC in banning its children's programme characters from tie-ins with junk food.
Critics say Disney characters have driven the worst forms of pester power.
The company says that its change of policy means it will only lend its name to products that meet standards for healthy eating.
In its licensing deals from 2009 Disney will in most cases refuse to link its brand to foods that get more than 30 per cent of their calories from fat, over 10 per cent from saturated fat and in excess of 10 per cent from added sugar. "Sugar things like Lucky Charms and Sugar Frosted Flakes wouldn't make it. Cheerios and Rice Krispies would said James Hill, a child nutrition expert who worked with Disney in recent months as it planned the change in policy."
This is from the Daily Mail in Britian
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Meanie Librarian when she catches a glimps of a dancing banana...
Of course, when a child learns how to melt "the look" it is rather futile.
