While cheap airplane tickets and cheap vacation packages are great ways to plan for a trip, encouraging your children to eat healthy foods while on the road can help in the fight against childhood obesity.
Hyatt Hotels and Resorts have announced a commitment to making their kids menus healthier. By November of 2012 guests will see fruits or vegetables automatically arrive on their childs plate instead of fries or chips. French toast will be made with whole grain bread instead of white bread.
Eventually kids will be able to receive a free refill of low fat milk, similar to how soda is often sold today.
This trend towards offering healthier meals will eventually migrate over to the regular adult menus. By 2016 Hyatt has committed to reducing the calorie count of its menus in its hotels by at least 10 percent. Its goal is to have no less than half of its hotels complying within three years.
Hyatt serves almost three million kid meals every year in its hotels.
Over the last decade Americans have spent about half of their families total food budgets, and consumed almost a third of all their calories, away from home. Offering healthier food options when families travel can play an important role in the fight against childhood obesity.
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