Nutrition composition of children's meals in twenty-six large US chain restaurants.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare the nutritional quality of children's combination meals offered at large US chain restaurants characterised by three versions - default (advertised), minimum (lower-energy) and maximum (higher-energy).

Design

We identified default children's meals (n 92) from online restaurant menus, then constructed minimum and maximum versions using realistic additions, substitutions and/or portion size changes for existing menu items. Nutrition data were obtained from the MenuStat database. Bootstrapped linear models assessed nutrition differences between meal versions and the extent to which meal components (main dish, side dish, beverage) drove differences across versions. For each version, we examined the proportion of meals meeting the Guidelines for Responsible F

SUBMITTER: Dunn CG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10200379 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature