NATIONAL -- Soft drinks are off the kids' menus at two popular restaurant chains.
Applebee's and IHOP are only serving soft drinks to children by request.
The move is the latest to trim back on soda consumption by children.
Many school districts have pulled soda machines from school cafeterias and menus.
The centers for disease control reports childhood obesity has more than doubled in the last 30 years and roughly one kid in five is now classified as obese.