"The kids' menus were replicating fast-food menus, except the portions are bigger so the calories and fat content are even higher at the table-service restaurants," Hurley said.

Parents trying to keep their children healthy aren't getting much help from the nation's restaurant chains, according to a new analysis released Tuesday that shows kids' menus rife with high ...

The findings show:-- 91% of kids' meals at those chains do not meet the National Restaurant Association's Kids LiveWell menu standards, a voluntary initiative.

Feb. 24 -- Many experts blame fast-food chains for kids' growing waistlines, but a new study, released on ABCNEWS' Good Morning America, found that children's menus at many popular sit-down ...

The nutritional content of kids menus at national chains isn't getting better. ... Happy Meal (hamburger, kids fries, apple slices, and low-fat milk) 480: 16: 5. 680. 21. Panera Bread: ...

Trimming the fat from America's youth will require completely changing how America eats, and a good starting place is school lunch. Yet the national school lunch legislation moving through the ...

Ninety-one percent of thousands of children’s meals at the biggest restaurant chains don’t meet standards set by the National Restaurant Assn.’s own initiative for healthful kids’ meals, a ...

In the past few weeks, fat kids have become something of a public health obsession. In February, the White House established a Task Force on Childhood Obesity and appointed Michelle Obama to lead ...

Burger King pledged to offer healthier fast-food items for children under 12, with plans to sell and market flame-broiled Chicken Tenders and apples cut to resemble thick-cut French fries.

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 ...

We don’t have crowded subways here, so you probably didn’t notice the problem, but, according to the Center for Disease Control, the obesity rate in South Carolina has gone from 13.6 percent ...

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