{"id":26317,"date":"2010-07-22T12:20:45","date_gmt":"2010-07-22T17:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=26317"},"modified":"2011-12-27T12:38:48","modified_gmt":"2011-12-27T17:38:48","slug":"diet-disaster-seven-kids-meals-with-over-1000-calories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/diet-disaster-seven-kids-meals-with-over-1000-calories\/","title":{"rendered":"Diet Disaster: Seven Kids’ Meals with Over 1000 Calories"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Friendly's Mac & Cheese Quesadilla kids meal contains over 2000 calories.<\/p><\/div>\n

Childhood obesity<\/a> is reaching epidemic levels in the United States, and one factor is the perception that kids won’t eat healthy foods. This belief is particularly visible on kids menus. “Children’s meals at restaurants are garbage,” said Mary Jo Messito told the NY Post<\/a>. Messito is the director of the Pediatric Obesity Clinic at Bellevue Hospital. “Somehow, the restaurant industry has created special meals for children that are trash. And I don’t know where that came from.”<\/p>\n

Here’s a list of seven “kids” meals to avoid feeding your kids; each containing over 1000 calories from The Daily Beast. <\/a><\/p>\n

1. Chevy’s Bean and Cheese Burrito meal<\/strong><\/p>\n

Calories: 1020
\nSaturated fat: 15 grams
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\n2. Chevy’s Cheese Quesadilla meal<\/strong><\/p>\n

Calories: 1020
\nSaturated fat: 20 grams<\/p>\n

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3. Applebee’s Grilled Cheese meal<\/strong>
\nServed with fries<\/p>\n

Calories: 1020
\nSaturated fat: 17 grams<\/p>\n

4. Outback Steakhouse’s Kookaburra Chicken Fingers meal<\/strong>
\nServed with Fries<\/p>\n

Calories: 1030
\nSaturated fat: 21 grams<\/p>\n

5. Chevy’s Flour Flautas meal<\/strong><\/p>\n

Calories: 1240
\nSaturated fat: 29 grams<\/p>\n

6. Houlihan’s Chicken Fingers meal<\/strong>
\nServed with mashed potatoes and ice cream.<\/p>\n

Calories: 1293
\nSaturated fat: 36 grams
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\n7. Friendly’s Mac & Cheese Quesadilla meal<\/strong>
\nServed with Shirley Temple and Peanut Butter Cup<\/p>\n

Calories: 2270
\nSaturated fat: 45 grams<\/p>\n

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