The 20 Worst Kids Foods in America

Worst mall snack

15. Auntie Anne's Pepperoni Pretzel Pocket

• 650 calories
• 27 g fat (12 g saturated)
• 1,120 mg sodium
• 11 g sugars

Oversize pretzels are already precarious, because they pack a ton of empty carbohydrates. So stuffing a pretzel with sausage is wrapping barbed wire around a fire ax. It will take more than a day of walking around the mall for your kid to burn off all the fat in this greasy fat sponge. (Better warm up that credit card!)

Eat This Instead!

Pretzel Dog

• 360 calories
• 20 g fat (9 g saturated)
• 740 mg sodium

Worst sandwich

14. Au Bon Pain Kids' Grilled Cheese

• 670 calories
• 41 g fat (25 g saturated)
• 1,060 mg sodium

You wouldn't even consider feeding your child this if they called it by its real name: an oil sandwich with cheese. So soaked is this sandwich that you'd need to eat 25 strips of cooked bacon to equal the amount of saturated fat found between the two slices. Wait until you get home—in about five minutes you can make a pretty mean 300-calorie grilled cheese sandwich.

Eat This Instead!

Kids' Macaroni and Cheese

• 250 calories
• 14 g fat (9 g saturated)
• 690 mg sodium

Tip: Watch out for the worst sandwiches in America.

Worse prepared lunch

13. Oscar Mayer Maxed Out Turkey & Cheddar Cracker Combo Lunchables

• 680 calories
• 22 g fat (9 g saturated)
• 61 g sugars
• 1,440 mg sodium

Lunchables has established itself as the prepackaged lunch choice for kids, but just because your kids love Lunchables doesn't mean Lunchables loves your kids. The Maxed Out line is the worst of the lot; Oscar Mayer packs this one with nearly half of an 8-year-old's daily calorie allotment and sweetens it with more than twice the sugar and fat of most candy bars.

Eat This Instead!

Hillshire Farm Deli Wrap Smokehouse Ham & Swiss Wrap Kit

• 260 calories
• 11 g fat (4 g saturated)
• 960 mg sodium