If the kids menus at fast-food chains leave you scratching your headand feeling like a bad parentheres good news. This week, more than 15,000 restaurants joined the Kids LiveWell initiative and now offer healthier kids menu options. Think more fruit, vegetables, and whole grains, and less trans fats and sodium.
To join Kids LiveWell, restaurants agree to offer options that meet qualifying criteria closely tied to the 2010 USDA Dietary Guidelines. The criteria include, offering:
• A childrens meal (an entrée, side, and beverage) with 600 calories or less; two servings of fruit, vegetables, whole grains, lean protein and/or low-fat dairy; and limits on sodium, fats and sugar.
• At least one other individual item with 200 calories or less, with limits on fats, sugar, and sodium, plus a serving of fruit, vegetables, whole grains, lean protein, or low-fat dairy.
Participating restaurants include Au Bon Pain, Burger King, Chilis Grilll & Bar, Cracker Barrel, Dennys, Friendlys, IHOP, Outback Steakhouse, and 11 other chains.
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