Sure, it’s one study, but it now has the New York Times imprimatur, and the food industry is bound to trumpet it as a sign that their self-regulatory approach to the obesity epidemic is working.
Since 1976, a Chicago-based research firm has been compiling detailed data on the choices kids make when they visit fast food restaurants. For the first time, the “bad” stuff that kids order is losing share (though not its top perch) to the “good” stuff.