Healthy Fast Food Menu Options
Posted on October 6, 2008 - Filed Under Food | Leave a Comment
In response to pressure from consumer and health advocates, many fast food restaurants have come up with lighter menu options and healthier choices for kids meals to do their part in at least offering the option to be healthier. Following is a discussion of what the most popular fast food chains offer in response to increasing demand for healthy alternatives.
Fast food restaurants have gotten such a bad rap in the past few decades as a major reason for the obesity epidemic in the US, that many of them have felt compelled to defend their existence. Recently, the head of McDonald’s, one of the most often cited restaurants in the blame for obesity, defended his restaurants saying that they were not responsible for the obesity rates in children.
