title: Challenging Ronald: McDonald versus McDonald's.
abstract: Obesity is the most prevalent health condition affecting first world children in 2011. This article recounts a campaign that opposed the construction of a fast food outlet in close proximity to a large school complex. The epidemiologic evidence that there is a negative health impact on children that attend schools close to fast food outlets is reiterated. There is an urgent need for planning laws to be modernised to reflect that evidence.
authors: General Paediatrics, Port Macquarie Base Hospital, Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia. davomcd55@hotmail.com
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authors: McDonald
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002958:City Planning / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D057140:Fast Foods / Q000009:adverse effects; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D009517:New South Wales; D009765:Obesity / Q000209:etiology*; D012147:Restaurants / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012574:Schools / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence