It has also introduced other healthy items, such as its Fruit & Maple Oatmeal.
The research team asked all of its subjects if they would consider increasing the proportion of healthy items they purchased by five per cent in the following months.
Walt Riker of McDonald's claims the makeover it has given to its menu means it offers more healthy items than it did a few years ago.
As Ms. Ruiz made her choices, the system subtracted points from an allotment of 200 for the month (healthy items count for fewer points).
Philadelphia offers grocers $100 to start stocking healthy items, and, if they comply, provides training in how to buy and handle fresh food.
Easy Eater 2, a new version to be launched in November, will urge children to feed an interactive character (a cute micro-organism) with healthy items.
America's Congress has renamed two of the least healthy items on its cafeteria menu, transforming french fries and French toast into freedom fries and freedom toast.
Schools now, by law, have to offer food that conforms to strict nutritional standards, with healthy items such as fish and fresh vegetables appearing on the menu regularly.
Menus at McDonald's include healthy items like salads, Mr. Barun says, and the company is always willing to make adjustments at hospitals, like offering soup on the side instead of fries.
Weighing in at as much as 1,000 calories, 1,800 milligrams of sodium and a day and a half's worth of saturated fat, the BK Stackers are for people who are proud they are not eating healthy items.
The new package included more healthy items (fresh, frozen, and canned fruits and vegetables, whole-grain breads and cereals, and low-fat milk) and fewer dubious ones (sweetened juices, cereals and breads that are not whole-grain).
