The first lady was in Fort Worth, Texas, yesterday to discuss her “Let’s Move” initiative to fight childhood obesity. This meeting on healthy eating — wait for it — was held at an Olive Garden.
More from Politico as to why Olive Garden:
While the Olive Garden is better known for its bottomless pasta, the appearance is due to a commitment by the restaurant’s parent company to offer healthier options for children. Darden, the corporation which owns Olive Garden, Red Lobster and Longhorn Steakhouse, signed a legal agreement last year to offer healthier side dishes and better food options for children’s menus.
What total and complete crap. Here’s the “children’s menu” from the Olive Garden. Not a single thing on there fits what Michelle Obama would call “healthy heating.” Or is 330 calories and 930 mg of sodium in the chicken fingers now considered White House–approved as a “healthy choice”?
The Olive Garden must read NRO. I followed your link to the menu and it said that the nutitional information was not available at this time. Guess they're furiously trying to lower the salt content?
Maybe our focus should be to get more families eating at home instead of in restaurants.
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuseclick on the nutrition link at the bottom of the menu. That has all the sordid details
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWhen I go out to eat I don't care if the food is healthy. It is a rare treat and my only expectation is that it tastes delicious and has good eye appeal. As far as my kids go, if I am going to pay $7 for a meal for a 3 year old my only expectation is that they like it and that they eat it rather than waste it. It is a treat, we eat healthy at home. I wish these pompous elites would stay out of it, let the consumer decide. Then again just another reason to stay away from chain restarants like OG, their food made me sick last time I ate there, I would prefer a mom n pop Italian restaurant any day for a special treat.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseCan someone explain what legal agreement Olive Garden signed, and why they had to sign it?
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