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Fast food is typically not considered a healthy choice but many popular chain restaurants such as McDonalds, Burger King and Subway are beginning to offer healthier options on their kids menu. Side items such as fruit cups and apple “fries” with low-fat caramel dipping sauce are a healthy alternative to French fries. Low-fat milk is often a choice in place of soft drinks or sugary fruit juice. Although the milk has a higher calorie count in most cases, the nutritional value of milk for children outweighs the empty calories in other drink choices.
Parents concerned about calories, saturated fat, sodium and other important nutritional values can easily find them on fast food restaurants’ websites. They are easily accessible and sometimes quite surprising. According to the Huffington Post, Subway offers the healthiest meals for kids with an average of 372 calories per meal while Dairy Queen offers the worst choices with meals that average 737 calories per meal.
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