Dive Summary:
- Analysts say that restaurants are failing to make the proverbial grade as they pack more calories and less nutrition into kid's meals.
- With chicken fingers and fries, the most popular kid's meal, usually coming it at 1000 calories and a lot of sodium and fat, restaurants are doing a disservice to this country's children.
- With the increased focus of America's obesity rate, especially in children, this new report is a damning condemnation of both chain and family restaurants across the U.S..
From the article:
Fried chicken fingers and nuggets, fries and soda are the most common items offered to children, and some kids meals contain more than 1,000 calories and are high in sodium and fat, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI). The government's dietary guidelines recommend that children ages 4 to 10 eat 1,200 to 2,200 calories for the entire day.
