A pepperoni pizza off the Uno Chicago Grill's kids' menu contains 800 calories, 2,060 milligrams of sodium, and 18 grams of saturated fat.(NOTE: The "12 and under" population this menu is intended for should consume no more than 2,000 milligrams of sodium and 17 grams of saturated fat a day.)
Keep in mind that a sedentary 8 year old boy should not be getting more than 1,400 calories a day.
A sedentary 11 year old, meanwhile, should not surpass the 2,000 calorie mark.
And those sodium and saturated fat numbers are staggering -- even for adults!
PS: If a kids' menu sundae is in the cards for dessert, that's an additional 840 calories and 18 grams of saturated fat.
This (and the earlier Chili's post) wonderfully illustrates how your average American (and their kid) doesn't even have to eat large volumes to get as obese as s/he does! All it takes is eating the "normal" portions at restaurants often enough.
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