UFOs and Chips - Kids Meals in the Netherlands

Well, when I label this post 'kids meals'... I do it a little tongue in cheek to be honest. I'm not really sure if you can call what is on offer here for children in restaurants and takeaways a child's meal. Why on earth are all meals here aimed at children fried? Every kid's meal is some unidentified fried object (UFO) served with chips, which if I am not mistaken means that the entire plate has seen the inside of a deep fat fryer.

It's usually a frikandel, a burger or a pancake covered in more sugar and sweets than I would eat in a year. What is that about?

Health consciousness plays no part in the assembling of children's menus here. Many places in the UK do at least make some kind of effort to produce something that is at least half way healthy for a child to eat, such as a plate of pasta and vegetables.

Why? Why is Dutch catering for children so unhealthy? Anybody? Is it a culture thing? A lack of imagination? Is there an exception to this somewhere? Has somebody found a kid's meal worthy of their kid's stomach?