Lawmakers in San Francisco are one step closer to getting rid of toys in fast food meals.
A proposed city ordinance would ban toys in kids' meals unless it meets certain nutritional standards. Kids' meals would have to include fruits, vegetables and be low in calories to have a toy included.
The law has been targeted most at McDonald's, who is battling the proposal. Corporate executives argued at city hall that the law threatens their business model and the free choice of customers.
San Francisco has already passed several other health-related ordinances, including a ban on sweetened drinks such as Coca Cola from vending machines on city property and a ban on tobacco products being sold in stores that have a pharmacy.
The "Happy Meal Law" has been proposed as an attempt at curtailing childhood obesity, which has increased in the U.S. in recent years. Proponents of the law say that children are more likely to want a fast food meal if it comes with a toy.
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