Quinn Proposes Bloomberg-Like Plan For Healthier Kids' Meals At Chain Eateries
Quinn Proposes Bloomberg-Like Plan For Healthier Kids' Meals At Chain Eateries
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn proposed Monday that the city regulate the calorie, sodium and fat content in kids' meals served at chain restaurants, in a move to seeming set herself up as the next "nanny" of New York City. NY1's Grace Rauh filed the following report.
A grilled cheese with fries ordered off the kids menu at Applebee's packs a punch. It contains 21 grams of saturated fat — three times as much as the federal government allows in elementary school meals.
"Applebee's is having a big problem here. Their children's meal is way more than the USDA thinks a child should have in one meal, for saturated fat," City Council Speaker Christine Quinn said Monday.
Speaking at Union Square, the Democratic mayoral candidate said meals marketed to children at other chains, like Taco Bell and TGI Friday's, are not much better. Quinn said she has a plan to change that, by forcing chain restaurants in the city to follow strict nutritional rules for items on their children's menus.
She said the meals should contain no more than 650 calories, seven grams of saturated fat and 740 mg of sodium. Those are the same limits the U.S. Department of Agriculture puts on elementary school lunches.
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