More smoothies cutting the calories

Not really. But this post is for another reason.

Maybe it helps answer the question, "Why are kids fat?"

"Take The Blender, a 1,270-calorie whopper made with chocolate or vanilla protein, peanut butter, banana, milk and ice cream, made by Emerald City. And there's Anne Kessler's favorite, the Mocha Bliss, another of the chain's more indulgent offerings.

'It just tastes good,' she said, sipping down a tall one recently in her neighborhood smoothie shop.

But for her 2-year-old daughter, Kessler only orders from the low-sugar menu. Usually it's a banana-strawberry-papaya concoction with less than half the calories of her chocolatey choice."

Here is what Anne is feeding her 2-year-old - 220 Kcal, 55 gm carb, 31 gm sugar, 6 gm fiber (the label is a link):