News Nugget: Top chains serving up childhood obesity, says CSPI

If you’re trying to find healthy meal choices for your kids, the top restaurant chains may not be much help. A new report from the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) finds nearly every single possible combination of the children’s meals at KFC, Taco Bell, Sonic, Jack in the Box, and Chick-fil-A is too high in calories. CSPI says 93-percent of 1,474 possible choices at 13 top restaurant chains had more than 430 calories – one-third of what the Institute of Medicine recommends children aged four through eight should have a day. See the full report here.

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