Burger King goes healthy?

On Wednesday, Burger King announced that it is releasing three new kids' meals that are healthier than its old child-oriented offerings. The new choices all have fewer than 560 calories, yet still hover around 600 milligrams of sodium. Even so, with menu options like apple sticks that are cut to look like fries, bite-sized burgers, and low fat caramel dipping sauce, the new meals are a major step up from their predecessors.

In many ways, this is a shocking shift for the burger brand. For several fast food restaurants, the move toward healthier choices began a few years ago, when Morgan Spurlock's Super Size Me illustrated the amazing effects of a fast-food-only diet. All of a sudden, Wendy's, McDonald's, Subway and Taco Bell were falling over themselves in an attempt to offer the widest selection of healthy (or at least healthy tasting) food. Menu boards that had once been dominated by greasy burgers and oily fries sported salads and fresh fruit, yogurt parfaits and grilled chicken. It was as if the health food fairy had decided to go to war against fast food.