Nutritional Quality of Fast Food Kids Meals and Their Contribution to the Diets of School-Aged Children.

ABSTRACT: International data indicate that children and adolescents obtain around one third of their daily food intake from products consumed outside their home. Food products from restaurants are usually higher in calories and lower in nutritional value than those prepared home. We evaluated the nutritional quality in kids' meals from three fast food chains and two movie theaters and compared them with nutritional recommendations for Mexican school-age population. Results showed that the menu options marketed for school-age children have higher caloric contributions than those recommended, in addition to a deficient nutritional quality. The contribution of caloric and of almost all macronutrients for all mealtimes is not only high but even above 100% or 200% of the mean recommended daily intake (re

SUBMITTER: Palos Lucio AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7146270 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature