School Lunch Showdown: 850-Calorie Meals Compared
Have you seen that music video “We Are Hungry”? It isn’t a famine-relief fundraiser featuring well-meaning pop stars. It’s a musical complaint about the new, reduced-calorie public school lunch size made by students at Wallace County High School, in Sharon Springs, Kan. The video, set to the tune of Fun’s hit song “We Are Young,” has been viewed more than 500,000 times on YouTube.
The new rules, passed by Congress in 2010 to fight childhood obesity and promote health, took effect in August. High school cafeterias must serve