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Introdution- We all have our memories of the well know "Fast Food" reasturant Mcdonalds. For most of us, our first time at Mcdonalds was when we were young. Do you remember sitting down at the table on a hot summer day and Mom handed you your "Happy Meal Box"? She opened it up, took out your choice of mcnuggets or a hamburger. She lifted up the opening of the small cardboard box, and pulled out the fries. You grabbed your toy inside and ripped open the plastic as she put your straw into you drink. Those were the days. How about when you pulled in the drive threw and Mom allowed you to order of the "Big Kid Menu" for the first time? You told her what you wanted, but when you go home, you couldn't even finish all. Mcdonalds has been a big part of our lives as we have grown into young adults but now people are asking questions like, Is Mcdonalds heathly for us, or what makes Mcdonalds fries taste so good? Well first look back in history. History- The first "Original Mcdonalds" (Dick & Mac) opened in 1940 as its own serperate "Reasturant" at this time, it was not even a franchise yet. The first actually "Franchise" (Mcdonalds)opened April of 1955. (A time line is offered below as a resourse to you.)

1940- The First Mcdonalds Bar-B-Que Opens Dick and Mac Mcdonald opened the first Mcdonalds on Fourteenth and E street in San Bernardio, California. It offered a drive-thru and large menu, including a car hop service. 1948- Mcdonalds Is Founded Dick and Mac shut down Mcdonalds for a short 3 months for alterations. In December they re-opened with 9 items -Hamburger -Cheeseburger -Soft Drinks -Milk -Coffee -Potato Chips -Slice of Pie The most bought item was the 15 cent hambuger. 1949- Worlds Famous French Fries Potato Chips were replaced with French Fries and Triple Thick Milkshakes were added to the menu along with them. 1954- Ray Kroc's Trip West Ray Kroc, multimixer salesman visits California and takes a trip to the one and only Mcdonalds. 54 year old Ray, intended to sell more multimixers and became very facsinated with the operation. Then Ray learns from the Mcdonald brothers are looking for a "worldwide franchise agent" Ray then decided that he is determined to have his future in Hambugers. 1955- Des Plaines Mcdonalds Opens Ray Kroc opens his first Mcdonalds located in Des Plaines, Illinois He got peoples attention by having white and red tiles on the building with to large yellow arches.The first days sales were $316.12 and by 1965 there would be over 700 Mcdonalds restuarants in the USA. 1956- Fred Turner is Hired Kroc hired future Mcdonalds Chairman "Fred Turner"as a counter man at the Des Plaines location. Turner would soon become head of Mcdonalds operation, defining the quality of services that continues today. 1958- 100 Million Sold Mcdonalds sells its 100 millionth hamburger. 1959- 100th Restuarant The 100th restuarant opens in Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin 1961- New Slashed "M" logo 1962- First Indoor Seating Mcdonalds in Denver, Colorado becomes the first resturaunt with inside seating. 1963- Hitting 500 The 500th Mcdonalds is opened in Ohio and the Fillet-O-Fish is added to the menu. 1965- 10th Anniversery Mcdonalds family and friends celebrate the 10th year of Mcdonalds with the first public stock offering at $22.50 per share. 1966- Mcdonalds on TV! Ronald Mcdonald is showed on the first Mcdonalds Commerical and even was on the 1966 Macy Thanksgiving Parade. 1967- International Mickyd's goes International in Canada and Puerto Rico, and now Mcdonalds can be found in 118 countries worldwide! 1968- A Big Year This was the year when the 1,000 Mcdonalds was opened added Hot Apple Pie and Big Macs are adding to the menu including a new Mcdonalds Building. 1969- Logo Change The logo was change from the red "M" with a slash to the more famous Golden Arches, two were put together to form an "M" 1971- New Friends Hamburglar, Grimace, Mayor McCheese, Captian Crook, and the Big Mac join Ronald Mcdonald in Mcdonaldland. 1973- Quater Pounder Debut Quater Pounders with and without cheese are added to the Menu. 1974- First Ronald Mcdonald House Opened The first Ronald Mcdonald House is opened in Pennsylviana. In 1973 Fred Hill, a football player with the Eagles had a need for such a facility at All Childrens where his child was being treated with Leukemia. Hills delemma led to the First Ronald Mcdonald House. 1975 Breakfast- Egg Mcmuffins are added to the Menu. 1978- 5,000 the 5,000 Mcdonalds is opened up in Japan. 1979- Happy Meals Happy Meals are added to the menu with a theme of Circus wagons. Skipping into 2000... 2001- Big N Tasty Big N Tasty is added to the Menu. 2004- TY Happy meal celebrates its 25th anniversy and Ty minibear toys are found in your happy meal box 2005-. 50 Years Mcdonadls celebrates its 50th anniversery. 2007- Update McD's Packages are updated. 2008- Global Packages are updated again. (The same way the packages are today in 2010) 2009- Coffe McCaffe McCaffe goes national with lattes. 2010- Wi-Fi Mcdonalds offers free Wi-Fi daily in over 11,000 restaurants Nutrition-

Depending on what you eat at Mcdonalds for a meal, you could be eating 2 days worth the calories. Today salads are provided on the menu but they actually have double the calories of a Big Mac. just the dressing for a salad is around 170 calories. A McFlurry is 580 calories, and you eat that for a snack, a heathly snack should be around 120 calories. Iced coffes are around 280 calories. A milk shake is around 860, a Hamburger is 250 where a Southwest Salad is 430 calories total. So this prooves that an average meal you would eat at Mcdonalds would be way over expected Calories. Children2-3 years old 1000 calories Children4-8 years old 1200-1400 calories Girls-9-13 years old 1600 calories Boys9-13 years old 1800 calories Girls14-18 years old 1800 calories Boys---14-18 years old 2200 calories Females---19-30 years old 2000 calories Males--19-30 years old 2400 calories Females---31-50 years old 1800 calories Males--31-50 years old 2200 calories Females---51+ years old 1600 calories Males--51+ years old 2000 calories This is a chart of how many Calories you should eat a day for your age. Conclusion- So in conclusion we can see that Mcdonalds is a unhealthy way to eat, If you eat Mcdonalds reguarly it may lead to you becoming Obeses. So before you turn into that drive thru to bick up your weekly Big Mac, think twice, think about your health and think aout what the affects Mcdonalds may have on you in the future.

About The Aurthor-

My name is Madison. When I decided to write this, it was right after I had finished my Medium Oreo Mcflurry, I started to be curious, after all, it was summer, and there wasn't much to do. I decided to do a research paper about it, and now Mcdonalds is one of my enemy! Being 12 years old, and my body changing, it was the perfect way to see the bad habit I had been coming into. I still would go to Mcdonalds but most deffidently not as often as I use to. It is okay to go there if your on a road trip, or maybe if you need a quick place to go, but You should not over eat, and don't let the yummy smell get to you. I really learned alot from this Research paper, and now I know what I should be eating and how to keep myself healthy. Along the way, I read tips on Exercise and Diet, and how to help myself be healthy is just a great thing to know. I hope that people learn as much as I did, and take it as something they will keep with them for ever with pride. Thank You.