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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I see a family that eats/makes available/buys McDonald's food for dinner practically every day.  They have at least two kids (boys, aged 3ish and about 7 or so).  While I'm waiting for my son to finish an afterschool program, I wait in the McDonald's parking lot for him.  EVERY week day, either the mom or dad of the family brings the boys to the McDonald's and when they come out they have some variation of the same things...Happy Meal boxes, sometimes ice cream too or smoothies.

I am honestly not judging, though it's not a choice I make for my family, and realize that there could be any number of reasons why they do it.  I'm not in their shoes...I believe that most people do the best they can with the information that they have at hand.

So, anyway, I have been pondering the whole situation in my head for a few weeks now and have an honest question:

What, if any, kind of long term impact this will have on the kids involved (two boys, aged 3ish and 7) if they eat McDonald's every week day (at least) for an entire school year or longer, but then stop and start eating it on a more occasional basis?

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I haven't read through all the pages but sometimes, a kid going through chemo is told to eat what they will tolerate.  We know two kids who went through this and the 3 year old would eat a 20 piece chicken McNugget and still want more food.  Did he gain weight, you betcha.  But, this was the only thing he wanted to eat and doctor's encouraged the parents to give their child with a brain tumor who had to go through more stuff at the age of 3 than some go through in a lifetime as many nuggets as he wanted. You never know what the situation is.

Another scenario.  DH had an abusive mother who didn't take care of the kids.  This left FIL to take care of dinner, after working all day so DH grew up on fast food for years and I mean years.  He's had every test to make sure it didn't have a lasting effect and now works out at least 5 days a week.

You never know what's going on with a family.  Would you be so judgy about the person eating at Whole Foods daily? Probably not.  And just because something is organic doesn't mean it's good for you.  McDonald's does have *some* healthy offerings.[/quote]

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