Voluntary healthier kids’ meals policies: Are caregivers choosing kids’ meals and healthier items for their child?
Children’s fast-food consumption increases risks for obesity and other diet-related diseases. To address concerns, from 2010 to 2016 U.S. fast-food restaurants implemented voluntary policies to offer healthier drinks and/or sides with kids’ meals. Logistic regression examined associations between healthier kids’ meal policy implementation and caregivers’ purchases of kids’ meals and selection of healthier sides and drinks. Separate models investigated caregivers’ attitudes about McDonald’s kids’ meal items.
Full citation: Choi YY, Hyary M, Fleming-Milici F, Harris JL. Voluntary healthier kids’ meals policies: Are caregivers choosing kids’ meals and healthier items for their child? [published online ahead of print, 2021 May 5]. Pediatr Obes. 2021;e12797. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijpo.12797