(CNN)--San Francisco, California, Mayor Gavin Newsom has banned production of city ban on most McDonald's Happy meal toys.
To the right of veto, the Mayor released a new report about how a public-private partnership to combat childhood obesity and how San Francisco's more than 55,000 public pupils now eat fresher and healthier foods.
"Parents, not politicians, should decide what their children eat, especially when dealing with their own money," Newsom said. "Despite the good intentions, I cannot support this wise and unprecedented governmental intrusion into matters of parental responsibility and private choices. "
Within the framework of a partnership with the private sector, local Government has already proved the root causes of obesity, Newsom said.
Since the City launched the program "shape Up San Francisco" in 2006, the city has received Government funds to expand physical exercise for students, school gardens, put delimit safe school routes on foot and bike to school and educate children about creating healthy choices, said Newsom.
Spokesman added the Mayor looks for the Board of supervisors should not override the veto, even though eight of the 11 members voted in favour of a ban.
"Hopes that some members will review should be packaged for bypass," said spokesman Tony Winnicker."One of the eight isn't entirely comfortable and some of them get heat like this thing to periepaize worldwide."
The mayor said, "do what it thinks is the right thing."
Supervisor Eric Mar, who sponsored the legislation provided an override.
"I'm surprised that Mayor Newsom plans to veto the good law lunch, in view of coherent support healthy eating and active living through the sponsored programs like Shape Up San Francisco, Sunday Streets and Soda free Summers," Mar said before the veto.
He said he welcomed the mayor working to combat childhood obesity through increasing access to healthy food and promoting physical activity; However, as a city, you need to do more. "
"The dollars spent by far the industry fast-food borne up all resources that we as a town to spend for outreach and education.South San Francisco is a desert foods, where fast-food restaurants are plentiful and fresh produce is
scarce. no amount of physical activity can undo the harms of unhealthy diet, "Mar said.
"By the institutes of medicine in the World Health Organization, we know that the reduction in consumption of junk food kids could give the health of millions and save billions of dollars to our public health system overstrapped. why pediatricians, educators, parents, community health advocates and thousands of people lined up to support this Ordinance," he added.
The Board of supervisory authorities approved the prohibition on Tuesday. Decree requires McDonald's Happy meals and other fast-food portions that come with games to meet new nutritional standards.
Newsom was elected last week to be Captain Lieutenant of the State, had declared he would veto the proposal before leaving for a new job.
The Bill, that San Francisco officials hope will adopt other cities in battling an epidemic of obesity kid, it was a defeat for McDonald 's, which led to the fight against the measure.
"As mentioned earlier, we are very disappointed with this decision Is not what our. customers want, nor is it requested," said McDonald ' s representative Danya Proud after the Board of Directors voted.
The proposal addresses how toys and other freebies entice children to marketing buy fast-food meals that are high in fat and calories, may He initiated said. the proposal because his daughter fifth grade is in the age group of 6-to-11 that has seen obesity rates quadruple over the past 30 years, has the good lunch was on the market.
"This is a simple and moderate political undertaking that holds accountable fast-food," he said.
Before the vote on Tuesday Mar above mentioned study released this week by the center of the University of Yale Rudd food policy and obesity, which examined 12 popular restaurant chains and became apparent only 12 from more than 3000 children food combinations are dietary guidelines for children preschool-aged.
The study reported that the fast-food industry spent 4.2 billion dollars on advertising of 2009, that 40 percent of children preschool-age asked to go to McDonald's on a weekly basis, and that 15 percent ask on a daily basis also, 84 percent of parents say they have received their children to eat fast food, at least once during the last week.
In accordance with the law, McDonald's and other restaurants will have until December 2011 for improving fed meals, adding fruits and vegetables--if you want to keep offering games, including promoting the latest movies chains.
Food and drinks should contain fewer than 600 calories, and less than 35 percent of total calories should be derived from tallow. eating should contain half a cup of fruit and three-quarters a cup of vegetables, and offer less than 640 mg sodium less than 0,5 mg trans fatty. Breakfast you will have the option of offering half cups of fruit or vegetables.
City officials said wait a legal challenge from McDonald 's, who refused to comment on possible legal action.
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