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A tool for assessing the quality of menus is used for the analysis (Kids Menu Healthy Score (KIMEHS)). Menu prices between countries were compared.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 192 kids' menus were collected, 44 in Portugal, 57 in Brazil, 66 in Chile, 15 in Hungary and 10 in Croatia. All the countries have average negative KIMEHS values for the menus, indicating that the offer is generally poor in terms of healthy options. The cost of children's menus in European countries is generally low. In Brazil, the price is significantly more expensive, which may limit the accessibility by social economically deprived populations. No significant differences were found in the average cost of meals from different restaurants typology. Traditional\/Western restaurants present the highest price.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Practical implications<\/jats:title><jats:p>Globally, kids' menus are composed by unhealthy food items, pointing to the need of improvements in food availability, aiming to promote healthy food habits among children.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study presents innovative data on children's menus, allowing for characterization of\u00a0meals offered to children and comparison between different countries.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Key points<\/jats:bold><jats:list id=\"list1\" list-type=\"order\"><jats:list-item><jats:p>Kids\u2019 menus are composed by unhealthy food items.<\/jats:p><\/jats:list-item><jats:list-item><jats:p>Improvement of kids' menus quality will promote children food habits.<\/jats:p><\/jats:list-item><jats:list-item><jats:p>Healthier out-of-home food consumption will contribute to public health.<\/jats:p><\/jats:list-item><\/jats:list><\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1108\/bfj-05-2021-0504","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,28]],"date-time":"2021-11-28T22:28:00Z","timestamp":1638138480000},"page":"3169-3182","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Children\u2019s menus in shopping centre restaurants: a\u00a0multicentric study"],"prefix":"10.1108","volume":"124","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6051-7317","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Cl\u00e1udia","family":"Viegas","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Jo\u00e3o","family":"Lima","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3837-3481","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Cl\u00e1udia","family":"Afonso","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Andr\u00e1s Jozsef","family":"Toth","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Csaba","family":"B\u00e1lint Ill\u00e9s","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7410-9354","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Andr\u00e1s","family":"Bitts\u00e1nszky","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Zvonimir","family":"\u0160atali\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5219-9443","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sanja","family":"Vida\u010dek Filipec","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Valeria","family":"Fabijanic","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0548-3676","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Samuel","family":"Duran","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9757-020X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jairo Alonso","family":"Torres","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5367-0388","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Monica","family":"Spinelli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Andrea","family":"Matias","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3139-3428","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ana Maria","family":"Souza Pinto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3505-4538","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ada","family":"Rocha","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]}],"member":"140","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,29]]},"reference":[{"issue":"10184","key":"key2022082305310934200_ref002","first-page":"1","article-title":"Health effects of dietary risks in 195 countries, 1990\u20132017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden Of Disease Study 2017","volume":"393","year":"2019","journal-title":"The Lancet"},{"issue":"4","key":"key2022082305310934200_ref003","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"576","DOI":"10.1111\/obr.12658","article-title":"Promoting healthy food preferences from the start: a narrative review of food preference learning from the prenatal period through early childhood","volume":"19","year":"2018","journal-title":"Obesity Reviews"},{"key":"key2022082305310934200_ref004","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"109","DOI":"10.1016\/j.foodqual.2019.04.008","article-title":"To meat or not to meat? 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