Best and Worst Fast Food Kids' Meals

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Children have specific needs when it comes to nutrition. And in the days of "on the go" fast food and sugary snacks at school, they don't often get the proper nutritional foundation that'll help carry them through their adolescent years.
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islyee 9:08AM June 14, 2011

i think that taco bell is stupid for m=not having anything healthy!

alison of OR 2:32PM May 25, 2011

i think its never easy to please a kid, and any parent knows that. but at the same time what you put in front of your kid every day is what they are going to want to eat. the food places are not going to change because kids are getting big with every bit. its about being consistent and showing them the right things to eat. all of these fast food places are trying to make money, just like everyone else. so I'm not mad if they don't change, because its our decision to go there. I'm more mad at the parents, because how can you complain about something that your not preventing

devrin savage of MD 9:48AM April 07, 2011

Have you ever thought about how many calories are actually in that cheeseburger you quickly stopped to pick up for dinner? Yes, we as parents are making bad decisions for our kids and teens. Our teens are 16 times more likely than their peers to become obese by age 30, and Fast-Food restaurants cause most of that obesity. California is trying to lower the number of obese kids and teens by banning toys from kids' happy meals. This will defiantly help the case, because we as parents buy the happy meal, and then tell our kids, "You have to eat all your food before you get your toy". So of course their going to chow down that greasy burger and fries. So what if they don't have the toy to eat for, will they still want Mcdonalds for dinner? I like how the author decided to put the best and worst foods at each of the top 8 restaurants, so at least parents can make a little better of a decision for there children when they go to make that quick stop for dinner.

Dawn Greene of MD 8:09PM April 06, 2011

I don't think that I would ever eat fast food at my favorite restaurant Taco ell ever again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Darius Davis of GA 7:30PM February 03, 2011

California has so many problems to take care of.
Toys with fast food is not one of them.
Fruitcakes out there find the silliest things to magnify while their state goes bankrupt and is overrun with illegals while chasing all businesses out of the stat with onerous left-wing regulations.
Bankruptcy for the state is the answer and then breakup the unions that are screwing them over while they fuss over fast food toys and the salt marsh mouse. Yikes!

Citizen of WI 12:11PM February 03, 2011

PE is non existent in schools anymore. Reform the schools to make this a requirement!

Citizen of WI 12:00PM February 03, 2011

Why do they have so many McDonalds around? I have went to Muskegon and there was a McDonalds and a Burger King right next to each other. Here in this little small town I live in we have three fast food places and two of them are NOT healthy for you. One is McDonalds another is Buger KIng. The other one is Subway and I know its healthy but that depends on what you put on your sub. Thats what this little town has!!

Christal of MI 8:15AM February 02, 2011

Wow! I never could have guessed how unhealthly Taco Bell could be! this article helped a lot!

Sydney of MN 8:00PM January 17, 2011

Give me a break !
These places market what sells. If you think healthful food is where the profit is, I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.
When people go out to eat, they don't want what is good for them. The want what is GOOD!
The market drives what these places sell. They have done their market research and prepare what people want to eat. They succeed because they market it very well.

John Ward of TX 10:12AM January 05, 2011