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Only 3 percent of kids' meals served at fast-food restaurants meet federal dietary guidelines, a team of U.S. researchers found. Michigan State University's Sharon Hoerr teamed up with economist Sharon O'Donnell and pediatrician Jason Mendoza from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston to assess the nutritional status of kids' meals in the Houston market. This report is the first to characterize and compare the nutrient quality of all combinations of fast-food kids' meals in a major...

Only 3 percent of kids' meals served at fast-food restaurants met federal dietary guidelines in the first study to examine the nutrient quality of such meals in a major U.S. metropolitan market.Michigan State University's Sharon Hoerr, a food science and human nutrition researcher with the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, teamed up with economist Sharon O'Donnell and pediatrician Jason Mendoza from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston to assess the nutritional status of kids' meals...

The U.S. National Restaurant Association Friday said job growth in the industry would exceed the country's population growth rate through 2019. The association said food service positions would total 13 million in 2009, representing more than 9 percent of the nation's jobs. But, the association expects the industry to add 1.8 million jobs in the next decade, reaching 14.8 million by 2019. The restaurant industry is both innovative and resilient, said Dawn Sweeney, the association's president...

Fast food and table service meals at restaurants are both larger and have more calories than meals prepared at home, U.S. researchers said. James K. Binkley of Purdue University used data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals, which is the most recently available large sample of information regarding nutritional intake, to analyze fast food, table service restaurant meals and meals prepared at home. Binkley also found the typical fast food...

Fast-food and table-service meals at restaurants are both larger and have more calories than meals prepared at home, U.S. researchers have learned. James K. Binkley of Purdue University used data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals, which is the most recently available large sample of information regarding nutritional intake, to analyze fast-food, table-service restaurant meals and meals prepared at home. Binkley also found the typical...

Low-income teenagers are almost three times more likely to be obese than teens from more affluent households, U.S. researchers said. Researchers at the University of California Los Angeles, Center for Health Policy Research, said in its policy brief that in California, 21 percent of teenagers living in low-income families are obese. Federal poverty guidelines define low-income as having income of less than $19,971 for a family of four or $12,755 for a family of two. In contrast, 8 percent...

The world's second-largest hamburger chain, Burger King, said on Wednesday that it will limit sodium in its "Kids Meals".Burger King is the first fast food restaurant to take this step.The company, based in Miami, said it will limit sodium to 600 milligrams or less in all its Kids Meals."We are proud to be the first quick-service restaurant to publicly commit to limiting sodium in Kids Meals," Burger King Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John Chidsey said in a...

Healthy Fast Food, Inc. (OTCBB:HFFI) (OTCBB:HFFIW) (OTCBB:HFFIZ), announced today that through U-SWIRL International, Inc., its wholly owned subsidiary, it has acquired the worldwide rights to the U-Swirl Frozen Yogurt(SM) concept. With the acquisition complete, Healthy Fast Food is anticipating rolling out the concept, starting in the Las Vegas valley, with multiple corporate stores open by spring 2009 and with plans on having a franchise program in place by the end of 2008. "We are very...

SUPPORTING Welsh farmers is the main reason consumers buy local produce, according to new research. More than 90% of people in Wales feel it is important to know where their food comes from, with 87% saying they prefer food from Wales, according to research conducted by burger giant McDonald's. It says the findings from its stand across the four-day Royal Welsh Show event in Llanelwedd, near Builth Wells, in July this year, highlight the importance consumers place on produce from Wales...

Police are still investigating after thieves stole a fridge- freezer from a fast-food restaurant. The mobile unit was holding food outside the KFC store in Cross Street, Long Eaton. The theft took place between 9am on Thursday and 4.40am on Friday. Anyone with details can call police on 0845 123 3333. (c) 2008 Derby Evening Telegraph. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All rights Reserved.