RT Journal
A1 Moreno MA, Furtner F, Rivara FP
T1 EAting out at restaurants with children and teens
JF JAMA Pediatrics
JO JAMA Pediatrics
YR 2013
FD January 1
VO 167
IS 1
SP 100
OP 100
DO 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.1179
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.1179
AB 
A recent study in the journal found that consuming food from a fast-food restaurant was associated with an increase in 126 total calories for children and 310 daily calories for adolescents for that day. Consuming food from a regular full-service restaurant was associated with an increase of 160 calories for children and 267 calories for adolescents. So this means that, compared with a meal at home, eating at either a fast-food restaurant or a regular full-service restaurant means an increase in calories each day that kids eat out. This study also showed that eating a meal at a restaurant was associated with a higher intake of sugar, fat, and sodium, particularly when eating at a fast-food restaurant.