French fries, washed down with a pint of soda, are a favorite part of fast-food lunches and dinners for millions of American youngsters. But【S1】___a cue from health experts, a group of 19 restaurant companies are pledging to offer more-healthful menu options for children at a time when【S2】___is growing over the role of fast food in childhood obesity (肥胖症).

Burger King, the nation’s second-largest fast food chain, for instance, will【S3】___automatically including French fries and soda in its kids’ meals starting this month, although they will still be【S4】. Instead, the company said Tuesday, its employees will ask parents whether they【S5】such options as milk or sliced apples before assembling the meals. “ We’re asking the customers to【S6】what they want,” said Craig Prusher, the chain’s vice president of government relations. Other participating chains, with a【S7】___of menu options, include Denny’s, Chili’s, Friendly’s and Chevy’s.

As part of the Kids Live Well campaign—expected to be announced【S8】___Wednesday—participating restaurants must promise to offer at least one children’s meal that has fewer than 600 calories (卡路里), no soft drinks and at least two【S9】from the following food groups: fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins or low-fat dairy. Among other requirements, they must offer a side dish that meets similar【S10】___, with fewer than 200 calories and less than 35% of its calories from sugar.

A) adapt D prefer

B) available J) recommending

C) begin K) species

D) concern L) specify

E) criteria M) stop

F) items N) taking

G) nationwide O) variety

H) possible

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