"Healthier fast food: Will kids actually eat it?" reaction

     According to the article “Healthier fast food: Will kids actually eat it?” in The Week magazine, published on July 14, 2011, the author states that a new step has made by the National Restaurant Association, “Kids Live Well” campaign, in order to combat obesity by substituting the fatty fast food for kids to healthier portion, but the author is questioning about the future of this strategy whether it will success or not. In addition, he alleges that the accomplishment of this program depends on the advertisement side, if they will prompt the kids to eat this healthier food and abstain from the French fries, or the restaurants will find the new feature very lucrative by selling the most appealing food like the fries with additional price! At the end, Carroll.M points out that the kids' healthy food is a parental's duties and they shouldn't rely on the restaurants as the only source of that option.

     I am partially agree with Carroll.M on providing healthier food is parental decision and responsibility, where it is better for kids to have homemade healthy food, however circumstances such as traveling, parent busyness, or entertainment, can lead parents to have a meal in restaurants, so they should offer healthy option. At the same time, that nutrition portion does not means unattractive meal, but it has to be displayed in an appealing way. For example, rather than providing burgers, they may substitute it by stars fish fillet; moreover, they can offer smiling face apple's slices which may attract children to try it. In addition, parents may order grilled food instead of fried one in order to reduce the meal's fat. For instance, Burger King has offered grilled chicken and beef burgers which give parents more choices to go with, also they can offered wedges potato rather than Fries. Indeed, healthy food ought to be prevalent in our families' diet to maintain the new generation health.