[AODA members] [Fwd: Prince Charles on McD]

[Stacia Nordin, RD]

Thought this would interest nutritionists around the world -

Stacia Nordin
AODA CR Malawi

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Subject: 	Prince Charles on McD
Date: 	Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:23:00 -0600
From: 	Melinda Hemmelgarn <FoodSleuth at mchsi.com>
Reply-To: 	ADA Dietetic Practice Group <hen-l at list.cornell.edu>
To: 	HEN-L at cornell. edu <HEN-L at cornell.edu>

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Prince Charles says no Big Macs
By The Associated Press
Article Last Updated: 02/28/2007 07:19:38 AM MST

Britain's Prince Charles suggested Tuesday on a visit to the United Arab
Emirates that banning McDonald's fast food was crucial for improving
people's diets, a British news agency reported.
Charles made the comments while visiting the Imperial College London
Diabetes Center in Abu Dhabi for the launch of a public health campaign, The
Press Association reported.
"Have you got anywhere with McDonald's? Have you tried getting it banned?
That's the key," Charles was quoted as asking one of the center's
nutritionists.
A McDonald's spokesman, Nick Hindle, called the remark disappointing.
He said other members of the royal family "have probably got a more
up-to-date picture of us," alluding to reports that Charles' son, Prince
Harry, What do you think?
Discuss Prince Charles' call for a ban on McDonald's food.
was spotted eating a chicken burger at McDonald's in 2005.
There are 25 McDonald's franchises in the United Arab Emirates.
Charles, who is first in line to the British throne, is an active advocate
of organic food and in 1986 set up a farm on his Highgrove Estate that does
not use artificial pesticides or fertilizers.
The prince was in the United Arab Emirates with his wife, Camilla, as part
of a tour of Gulf countries.
The United Arab Emirates has the world's second highest number of diabetes
cases per capita, with more than 20 percent of those aged 20 to 79 already
diagnosed with the illness, while 40 percent of the population are at risk.


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