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McDonald’s Releases Children’s App, Promotes Healthful Eating Habits

By Faith O'Neil On May 3, 2013 · Add Comment

As crazy as it may sound, its absolutely true. Fast-food chain, McDonald’s has officially released their very first app and, you guessed it, it is marketed toward children. McPlay,released on May 1st for iPhone and iPad, has a snappy tagline that claims that your children can “Bring the fun of a Happy Meal with you, anytime and anywhere” and by that, they obviously mean a mini-game called ‘Happy Ball’. While I have been known to purchase the occasional Happy Meal for my children while running from a ball game to dance class, I cannot help but wonder if teaching children to associate fun iPad games with “junk” food is a great idea or not. While playing the games in the McPlay app, irony got the best of me. Contained within the app is a mini-game that prompts children to help a character named Ferris find all the parts of [...]

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