William Atkins
Wednesday, 06 August 2008 22:55
Science -
Health
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Especially troubling was the discovery by the CSPI that
“nearly every single possible combination of the children’s meals at KFC, Taco Bell, Sonic, Jack in the Box, and Chick-fil-A is too high in calories….”
The report by the CSPI is found in its entirety at “
Kids’ Meals: Obesity on the Menu.” (pdf file)
NOTE: This is also a very important report to read, especially if you have children and you take them frequently to eat at fast-food restaurants.
The CSPI report found that some of the fast-food chains do not even have kids’ menus, such chains as Pizza Hut and Domino’s Pizza.
Other fast-food chains, such as Applebee’s, TGIFriday’s, Outback Steakhouse, Olive Garden, Red Lobster, and IHOP (International House of Pancakes) do not publically provide enough information to nutritionally evaluate their kids’ meals.
Specifically, the report found that Chili’s had 94% of their kids’ meals being too high in calories.
At the same time, McDonald’s and Wendy’s each had 93% of their kids’ meals with over 430 calories, while Burger King had 92%, Dairy Queen had 89%, Arby’s had 69%, and Denny’s had 60% (although it was noted that Denny’s didn’t include a drink with some of their kids’ meals).
Please read page three to find out what the nutrition policy director at the CSPI says about fast-food chains and the healthy eating habits of our children--maybe even better to be stated as the "lack" of healthy eating habits of our children.
Also, find out which fast-food chain had the least number of kids' meals over the 430-calorie limit.
