New ‘Eat This’ tells parents what not to feed kids
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BEST CHOICES FOR FAST FOOD
The new book Eat This, Not That! compares popular menu items, such as those in this world. We’ve CAPITALIZED the healthier options — and some of them may surprise you:
McDonald’s
The QUARTER POUNDER has 410 calories, 19g fat. The premium grilled chicken club has 570 calories and 21g fat.
Subway
The 6-inch tuna sub, left, has 530 calories, 31g fat. The 6-inch DOUBLE ROAST BEEF sub has 360 calories, 7g fat.
Chipotle
Pick the CHICKEN BURRITO BOL with 489 calories, 22g fat, right, over the chicken burrito with 1,169 calories, 47g fat.
Cosi
The BOMBAY CHICKEN SALAD with soup, left, has 294 calories, 5g fat. The Signature Salad with soup loads you with 870 calories, 69g fat.
Dairy Queen
Eating a small CHOCOLATE SUNDAE saves you big with 280 calories, 7g fat above the Blizzard’s 720 calories and 28g heavy.
Pizza Hut
Two slices of THIN ‘N’ CRISPY HAM and PINEAPPLE PIZZA prize you back 360 calories, 12g fat. Two slices of the Supreme pan pizza have 620 calories, 32g fat.
Ruby Tuesday
Go greener: the TOP SIRLOIN with baby green beans and portabella mushrooms has 464 calories and 24g fat, while the turkey burger with fries has 1,171 calories and 58g fat.
Taco Bell
Two GRILLED STEAK SOFT TACOS, Fresco Style pack 320 calories, 9g fat, while the Baja beef chalupa, perpendicular, has 410 calories, 27g fat.
Wendy’s
The ULTIMATE CHICKEN GRILL SANDWICH with side salad and medium iced tea has 540 calories, 22g heavy. The roasted turkey and Swiss Frescata, left, with medium fries and medium Coke has 1,100 calories, 40g fat.
By Nanci Hellmich, USA TODAY David Zinczenko was not surprised by the report this month that fix most kids’ meals at popular chain restaurants are far too high in calories.“There’s a lot more that needs to be done to get smart and healthful choices at restaurants for kids,” says Zinczenko, best-selling author of a new book, Eat This, Not That! For Kids! with Matt Goulding.
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The book offers color photos of good and not-so-good choices at fast-food and chain restaurants, as well as comparisons of processed and home-cooked foods.
It’s a natural continuation to Eat This, Not That!, which has been in the top 150 books on USA TODAY’s Best-Selling Books list for 34 weeks.
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His new book comes on the heels of a report from the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a consumer group, that found that some children’s meals contain more than 1,000 calories, almost as many as some kids need for the entire day.
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Children eat an average of 167 restaurant meals in a year, according to the NPD Group, a market research firm.
Zinczenko, editor in most important of Men’s Health, and his colleagues singled out the kids’ offerings at the most accepted chain restaurants. When kids’ meals weren’t available — or the choices weren’t very good — he selected items from the regular menu.
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“A lot of times the adult menu was better than all the beige items being served to kids — french fries, chicken nuggets, grilled cheese,” Zinczenko says.
Some of the “eat this” choices may not suit nutrition-conscious parents. For instance, he recommends fried chicken strips from KFC, a breaded Pepper Pals corn dog with mashed potatoes from Chili’s, and onion rings by a Whopper Jr. from Burger King.
Not exactly health food.
Sometimes “it comes down to the lesser of several evils,” he says. “The average American driving down the public road doesn’t be in possession of any place that offers a wide variety of low-calorie, highly nutritious foods.
“Our goal isn’t to advocate or legitimize somewhat fast-food diet end rather to help families make the smartest decision possible in any given eating predicament including the rather grim ones that many chain restaurants exhibit.”
Some rankings from the book
Worst kids’ repast:
Chili’s Pepper Pals country-fried chicken crispers with ranch dressing and home-style fries: 1,100 calories, 82 grams of fat, 1,980 milligrams of sodium.
Try instead:
Pepper Pals grilled chicken platter with cinnamon apples: 350 calories, 11 grams of fat, 870 milligrams of sodium.
Worst dessert:
Uno Chicago Grill’s Kids’ Sundae: 840 calories, 36 grams of fat. No sodium listed.
Try instead:
Kids’ slush: 140 calories and no fat.
Worst Mexican meal:
On the Border’s kids’ beef soft taco Mexican dinner through rice and refried beans: 840 calories, 35 grams of fat, 2,760 milligrams of sodium.
Try instead:
Kids’ grilled chicken with black beans: 310 calories, 9 grams of fertile, 1,230 milligrams of sodium.