NEWS / Healthier Happy Meals? Adding fruits or vegetables... 20% fewer calories.

By cutting the portion size of fries by more than half and adding fruits or vegetables, McDonald’s is undoubtedly making its meals more healthful. The chain says that the new meals will have about 20% fewer calories. (Of course, kids can decide to cut the calories even further by skipping the apple slices or carrot sticks.) Although the company doesn’t seem eager to point this out, the smaller portion of fries will also have about 5 fewer grams of fat.