英國王儲查爾斯2月27日訪問阿拉伯聯(lián)合酋長國時呼吁禁止銷售麥當(dāng)勞快餐，稱這種做法是幫助人們實現(xiàn)健康飲食的一大關(guān)鍵。此言一出立即引發(fā)了廣泛爭議，麥當(dāng)勞公司的一名發(fā)言人回應(yīng)稱，“英國王儲的這番談話令人失望”，他表示麥當(dāng)勞從去年開始已經(jīng)著手改善菜單，并在菜單上標(biāo)示餐點的營養(yǎng)成分。但一些普通民眾認(rèn)為查爾斯的呼吁不無道理。查爾斯王儲自己崇尚綠色食品，他1986年起就在自己的莊園開辟一片有機農(nóng)田，不使用人工殺蟲劑或者化學(xué)肥料。一名隨行的王儲發(fā)言人說，王儲“長期以來就一直提倡均衡飲食的重要性”。但是他的兒子，哈里王子曾在2005年被人發(fā)現(xiàn)在麥當(dāng)勞的一家餐廳吃漢堡。而英國媒體也報道稱戴安娜王妃生前常帶威廉和哈里王子到麥當(dāng)勞吃薯條。Britain’s Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales seems to bereluctantto taste a plate of grilled salmon, during a visit with the Duchess of Cornwall to the Imperial College London Diabetes Centre in AbuDhabi, United Arab Emirates while on a tour of theGulfregion,Tuesday Feb 27, 2007. Fast food chain McDonalds SAId itwasdisappointed to be criticised by the Prince of Wales Tuesday,afterhe appeared to suggest banning its food was the key toimprovingdiet and fitness.(AP Photo/ John Stillwell, PA)Prince Charles suggested Tuesday on a visit to the UnitedArabEmirates that banning McDonalds fast food was crucialforimproving peoples diets, a British news agency reported.Charles made the comments while visiting the ImperialCollegeLondon Diabetes Center in Abu Dhabi for the launch of apublichealth campaign, The Press Association reported.Have you got anywhere with McDonalds? HAVE you tried gettingitbanned? Thats the key, Charles was quoted as asking one ofthecenters nutritionists.A McDonalds spokesman, Nick Hindle, called theremarkdisappointing. He SAId other mrs of the royal family hAVEprobablygot a more up-to-date picture of us, alluding to reportsthatCharles son, Prince Harry, was spotted eating a chicken burgeratMcDonalds in 2005.This appears to be an off-the-cuff remark, in ouropinion,Hindle SAId. It does not reflect our menu or where we areas abusiness.The Oak Brook, Illinois-based McDonalds Corp. took stepslastyear to display nutrition facts on its packaging and vary itsmenuto counter charges that its food is unhealthy and contributestoobesity. There are 25 McDonalds franchises in the UnitedArabEmirates.Charles, who is first in line to the British throne, is anactiveadvocate of organic food and in 1986 set up a farm on hisHighgroveEstate that does not use artificial pesticides orfertilizers.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 worlds second highest numberofdiabetes cases per capita, with more than 20 percent of thoseaged20 to 79 already diagnosed with the illness, while 40 percentofthe population are at risk.