To Top It All Off, Kids Meals Are WAAAAAAY Too High In Calories!
Over the last few months, Elissa and I have been blogging about growing obesity crisis as it pertains to children. As detailed here and here, children are increasingly vulnerable to advertising for junk food (on which the major players spend zillions of dollars), and they are also spending more and more time in front of the tube.
It’s not particularly surprising therefore, that a recent study performed by the Center for Science in the Public Interest found that 93% of the menu choices at the top 13 restaurants exceeded the recommended caloric limit (this limit of 430 calories is 1/3 the amount of calories the Institute of Medicine recommends children 4-8 should eat daily). Many of the chains also offered meals that either came darn close to, or exceeded the 1,000 calorie mark.
So let’s do the math…
Excessive TV watching + millions spent by advertisers targeting a young and vulnerable audience + high calories meals = Obese children with a great potential to be extremely unhealthy adults.
