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Olive Garden Children’s Menu Macaroni & Cheese
340 calories
6 g fat (2.5 g saturated)
1,000 mg sodium
Olive Garden Children’s Menu Macaroni & Cheese
340 calories
6 g fat (2.5 g saturated)
1,000 mg sodium
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The Cheesecake Factory Kid’s Menu Macaroni & Cheese
1,210 calories
N/A g fat (53 g saturated)
687 mg sodium
Total savings: 870 calories and 50.5 g saturated fat!
You'd be better off microwaving a hot dog for your little one. The childhood obesity rate has more than tripled over the past three decades, and much of that owes to the obscenely high-calorie entrees being served by unscrupulous chain restaurants. Unless you were nutritionally clairvoyant, you’d never guess that one of these bowls contains 165 percent more saturated fat than a full-grown adult should consume in an entire day. Kids’ menus should be bastions of safe eating, but not one of Cheesecake Factory’s kids’ meals has fewer than 500 calories, and at least five exceed 900. Order from Olive Garden’s menu instead and you’ll cut the calorie tariff by two-thirds. And top it with a few spears of broccoli—kids will eat vegetables as long as cheese is involved.
The Cheesecake Factory Kid’s Menu Macaroni & Cheese
1,210 calories
N/A g fat (53 g saturated)
687 mg sodium
Total savings: 870 calories and 50.5 g saturated fat!
You'd be better off microwaving a hot dog for your little one. The childhood obesity rate has more than tripled over the past three decades, and much of that owes to the obscenely high-calorie entrees being served by unscrupulous chain restaurants. Unless you were nutritionally clairvoyant, you’d never guess that one of these bowls contains 165 percent more saturated fat than a full-grown adult should consume in an entire day. Kids’ menus should be bastions of safe eating, but not one of Cheesecake Factory’s kids’ meals has fewer than 500 calories, and at least five exceed 900. Order from Olive Garden’s menu instead and you’ll cut the calorie tariff by two-thirds. And top it with a few spears of broccoli—kids will eat vegetables as long as cheese is involved.
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