PHA Applauds Partner Hyatt’s Groundbreaking Children’s Menu
New, Healthier Kids’ Menu Offers Tasty Items and Meets Part of Hyatt’s Commitments to PHA
Washington, D.C. (July 18, 2012) – Larry Soler, CEO of the Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA), which works with the private sector and PHA Honorary Chair First Lady Michelle Obama to end the childhood obesity epidemic, today released the following statement in regard to Hyatt’s announcement of new, healthier kids’ menu at Hyatt hotels:
“Today, Hyatt announced it is launching a new kids menu, which provides nutritious, fresh and fun offerings for the three million children served annually at Hyatt hotels. This new menu, created as part of Hyatt’s Food. Thoughtfully Sourced. Carefully Served philosophy and its commitment to PHA, offers tasty, healthy options for kids.
“Hyatt’s new kids’ menu offers fruits or vegetables as the default side item; makes low-fat milk available with free refills; meets the most recent U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans, MyPlate and PHA’s standards; and ensures food illustrations depict healthier options. Most importantly, it tastes great. Anyone who has bought a meal for their child will tell you that finding a healthy option is really only half the battle; it’s got to taste great, too. Hyatt’s efforts to create a great-tasting, healthy menu that kids enjoy have completely paid off.
“Hyatt is a true leader in the hospitality industry, making the healthy choice the easy choice for busy parents and families away from home. With more than a third of kids in this country overweight or obese, these are the sorts of changes that will make a real difference. We applaud Hyatt’s commitment, and its continued dedication to giving Hyatt guests healthy options while traveling.”
The Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA) is devoted to working with the private sector to ensure the health of our nation’s youth by solving the childhood obesity crisis. In 2010, PHA was created in conjunction with – but independent from – First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! effort. PHA is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that is led by some of the nation’s most respected health and childhood obesity experts. PHA brings together public, private and nonprofit leaders to broker meaningful commitments and develop strategies to end childhood obesity. Most important, PHA ensures that commitments made are commitments kept by working with unbiased, third parties to monitor and publicly report on the progress our partners are making. For more information about PHA, please visit www.aHealthierAmerica.org and follow PHA on Twitter @PHAnews.
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