Bill would require kids' menus to offer healthy beverages

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OLYMPIA — Restaurants across the state might soon be required to provide a healthy beverage option in kid’s meals.

Under SB 6455, the default beverage for a kids’ meal would have to be either water, sparkling water, flavored water with no added sweetener, unflavored milk or a non-dairy alternative to milk containing fewer than 130 calories per container. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Marko Liias, D-Lynnwood, passed through the Senate on Thursday and is headed for the House.

“With this bill, we’re asking all of our restaurants in Washington to feature menus that are healthy, and promote healthy beverages for healthy kids,” Liias said in a news release. “It’s a good step forward to improving health in our communities and encouraging families to make healthier choices for their families and kids.”

Restaurants could still offer pop in kids’ meals, according to the bill, but a healthier alternative has to be the default option.

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1. Most restaurants in Florida already do this. Even fast food,

have apple juice and plain milk.