Time, Not Calories, May Leave High School Students Feeling Hungry
October 29, 2012 RSS Feed Print
New school lunch guidelines put fewer calories but more fruits and vegetables on students’ plates.
High school students are grumbling over their school lunches—and so are their stomachs.
Their complaints aren't about mystery meat or inedible entrees. Instead, students are staging brown-bag protests and filming YouTube videos to voice their frustrations over portion sizes.
New federal guidelines cap school lunches at 750 to 850 calories for high school students, down from the previous 825-calorie minimum requirement, and double the amount of fruits
