Nutritious Fast-food Kids' Meals Are Scarce, Researchers Find
Saturday, December 27, 2008 - 22:42
in Health & Medicine
Only three percent of kids' meals served at fast-food restaurants met federal dietary guidelines in the first study to examine the nutrient quality of such meals in a major US metropolitan market. The small percentage of meals that did meet dietary guidelines included fruit as a side dish and milk, and nearly all were deli-sandwich meals.
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