Girl enjoying a Happy Meal, without apples.

One of Michelle Obama’s pet projects is improving the obesity epidemic in America.  To achieve that goal, she’s turned her attention to various methods, from encouraging exercise to improving nutrition.  Well, somewhere, First Lady Obama is smiling, because she’s finally gotten the biggest fish in the fast food pond to bend to her will.  McDonald’s will be permanently adding apple slices to the Happy Meal.

“We’ve been in the nutrition game for over 30 years in providing nutrition information to our customers,” said Cindy Goody, McDonald’s senior director of nutrition.  “Now what we’re doing is we’re adding more food groups and … creating nutritional awareness.”

Customers will now get a half-order of fries and a half-order of apples with their Happy Meal; customers can still get a full order of either fries or apples, but now they have to ask for it (and good luck getting what you ordered).  It’s all part of a new healthier eating initiative from Mickey D’s, which pledges to cut fat, sugar, and calories by 2020, cut sodium by 2015, and launch a smartphone app to assist customers with making good nutritional choices.  McDonald’s denies the Happy Meal changes have anything to do with anti-Happy Meal lawsuits.

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