Cent Eur J Public Health 2020, 28(2):87-93 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a5878
Desert on the menu? What children are served in German full-service restaurants
- 1 Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
- 2 Mannheim Institute for Public Health, Social and Preventive Medicine, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
Objectives: Prevalence of obesity and overweight among children is rising worldwide. Thus, the importance of restaurants as food environments is also growing. Considering these developments, the present study describes and evaluates menus and meals offered to children in German full-service restaurants.
Methods: Using quota sampling procedure, a representative sample of German full-service restaurants was identified. The individual meals were then assessed, using the Children's Menu Assessment tool (CMA). A total of 500 restaurants and 1,877 individual meals were analyzed.
Results: On average, every menu included 3.76 ± 1.31 meals for children. The arithmetic mean of the CMA score was 0.73 ± 0.85. Around 80% of all offered meals were limited to eight typical dishes and over 50% included French fries or another form of fried potatoes. Not one of the meals included any nutritional information. Healthy entrees were never marked (e.g. by an optional qualitative information such as healthy food symbol or a healthier choice tag). Eighty-one percent of all the main components in the meals were rated as unhealthy and none of the meals used wholegrain products. The automatic inclusion of a drink and free refill options are both rather unusual in Germany, as well as the use of cartoon characters and product logos or giving away promotional toys. A positive correlation was found between the price of the food and its quality. The majority of dishes feature a high energy density while simultaneously having a low nutrient density.
Conclusions: Overall, the range of food on offer for children in German restaurants is unhealthy and lacking in variety. There is an urgent need for improvement of both the menus themselves as well as the offered meals. Our study is not only by far the most comprehensive study, but also the study with the worst CMA score values worldwide.
Klíčová slova: paediatric obesity, child health, meals, restaurants, environment
Vloženo: 10. červenec 2019; Revidováno: 24. březen 2020; Přijato: 24. březen 2020; Zveřejněno: 27. červen 2020 Zobrazit citaci
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