Finding healthy, kid-friendly choices at restaurants can often be a struggle for families. But fueling kids with well-balanced meals is imperative for healthy bodies and minds. That’s why the National Restaurant Association’s updated Kids Live Well program is helping to empower restaurateurs in providing healthy options for children in their community. 

This week on Order Up, we talk to Jeff Clark, Expert Exchange Director of the National Restaurant Association, and Maggie Gentille, Vice President of Food and Nutrition Policy from Food Directions, about how your restaurant can be a part of the Kids Live Well program.  

• (01:06) - Jeff’s day-to-day
• (02:49) - Maggie’s move to Food Directions
• (03:41) - Kids Live Well origins and relaunch
• (06:09) - Program updates
• (09:41) - Empowering families with options at restaurants
• (11:17) - Menu choices
• (14:29) - Getting started
• (17:44) - Current participants
• (19:52) - Providing options
• (21:36) - The business side

For more information or to get started, please contact kidslivewell@restaurant.org.

This podcast is not intended to provide medical or legal advice.  Podcast listeners are encouraged to do their own research, and where appropriate, obtain the advice or guidance of legal counsel or the input of other experts with respect to their practices and/or applicable laws.  Nothing in this podcast shall be deemed to create or grant any rights to any third parties. Listeners are encouraged to consider the applicability and suitability of the information provided for their own individual circumstances, and the National Restaurant Association and its affiliates cannot warrant the applicability of the information to any particular listener or party.

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