New 'Eat This' tells parents what not to feed the kids

David Zinczenko was not surprised by the report this month that establish most kids' meals at popular chain restaurants ar far to a fault high in calories.

"There's a lot more that of necessity to be done to get overbold and healthful choices at restaurants for kids," says Zinczenko, best-selling author of a young book, Eat This, Not That! For Kids! with Matt Goulding.

, which has been in the top one hundred fifty books on USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list for 34 weeks.

, and his colleagues singled out the kids' offerings at the most popular chain restaurants. When kids' meals weren't available � or the choices weren't very good � he selected items from the regular menu.

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