title: Added sugars in kids' meals from chain restaurants.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the added sugars in kids' meals from Canadian chain restaurants in relation to the World Health Organization's proposed sugar recommendation (less than 5% of total daily calories should come from added sugars) and current recommendation (less than 10% of total daily calories should come from added sugars).
  
  
  METHODS
  Total sugar levels were retrieved from the websites of 10 fast-food and 7 sit-down restaurants in 2010. The added sugar levels in 3178 kids' meals from Canadian chain restaurants were calculated in 2014 (in Toronto, Canada) by subtracting all naturally occurring sugars from the total sugar level.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The average amount of added sugars in restaurant kids' meals (25 ± 0.36 g) exceeded the WHO's proposed daily recommendation for sugar intake. There was a wide range of added sugar levels in kids' meals ranging from 0 g to 114 g. 50% of meals exceeded the WHO's proposed daily sugar recommendation, and 19% exceeded the WHO's current daily sugar recommendation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is a wide range of sugar levels in kids' meals from restaurants, and many contain more than a day's worth of sugar.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Mary J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Scourboutakos
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Zhila
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Semnani-Azad
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Mary R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: L'Abbé
keywords: Dietary sugars; Fast foods; Nutrition policy