Well, at least they got the title right - it is all about Calories. (Though they misspelled it. In this context, the "C" in Calorie(s) should be upper case.)
"Parents looking for healthy meal choices for their children are likely to find slim pickings on the menus of the nation's top restaurant chains, according to a report released Monday by a nonprofit public health group.
Nearly every possible combination of the children's meals at Kentucky Fried Chicken, Taco Bell, Sonic, Jack in the Box, and Chick-fil-A are too high in calories, the report by the Center for Science in the Public Interest said.
The report looked into the nutritional quality of kids' meals at 13 major restaurant chains. The center found 93 percent of 1,474 possible choices at the 13 chains exceed 430 calories — an amount that is one-third of what the National Institute of Medicine recommends that children ages 4 through 8 should consume in a day."
And here is something else that is mostly right (the physical activity part is the weakest except to promote a culture of physical activity):
"But the group stressed that 'exercising parental responsibility is key to childhood nutrition.' The report, it said, 'fails to acknowledge the essential role of nutrition education, physical activity and parental responsibility in childhood nutrition — good eating habits and healthy living must be established in the home.'"
The thing to do is
hold parents accountable for the child abuse they cause.
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