Chain Restaurants Found Unhealthy for Kids

Story Published: Aug 4, 2008 at 5:44 PM EST

Story Updated: Aug 4, 2008 at 5:44 PM EST

It looks like parents won't be finding many healthy choices for their kids at the nation's top restaurant chains, that's according to a new report.
The Nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest looked into the nutritional quality of kids' meals at 13 major restaurant chains and found that 93 percent of possible choices exceed 430 calories. That's one-third of the daily recommendation for children ages 4 through 8. Some meal combinations contained more than 1000 calories.
The report notes that eating out now accounts for a third of children's daily caloric intake, that's twice the amount consumed away from home 30 years ago.

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