McDonald's Drops Cheeseburgers, Chocolate Milk From Kids Menu Published Feb 15, 2018 at 7:22 AM EST Updated Feb 15, 2018 at 4:59 PM EST A McDonald's Happy Meal.

McDonald's is taking cheeseburgers and chocolate milk off its Happy Meal menu in an effort to cut down on the calories, sodium, saturated fat and sugar that children consume at its restaurants.

McDonald's will soon banish cheeseburgers and chocolate milk from its Happy Meal menu in an effort to cut down on the calories, sodium, saturated fat and sugar that kids consume at its restaurants.

The fast-food giant says by June all of the options on the Happy Meal menu will have less than 600 calories and meet new nutrition criteria for added sugar and saturated fat.

Because the fast food company wants all of their Happy Meal options to consist of 600 calories or fewer and contain less than 650 milligrams of soda.

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