Pizza The Second Highest Source Of Calories For Children.

the study, published online in Pediatrics, found that “the only foods more popular with kids are ‘grain desserts,’ a category that includes cakes, cookies and doughnuts.” Researchers found that “on days when children eat pizza, they consume an average of 408 additional calories, three additional grams of fat and 134 additional milligrams of salt compared with their regular diet.” Meanwhile, “for teens, putting pizza on the day’s menu adds 624 calories, five grams of fat and 484 milligrams of salt.” http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-pizza-calories-children-20150116-story.html