Government screws up school lunches

When Dori was 16 years old, working shifts at a print shop on Capitol Hill, he would go out for fast food at lunch.

At Jack in the Box he would eat a couple of burger, a large french fry, and a chocolate shake. Other days he would trek over to a pizza buffet on Broadway.

On one occasion at the buffet a slender, 140-pound Dori ate 18 slices of pizza.

That’s why he finds the new government regulations on school lunches – especially for active and athletic kids – so confounding.

High school students from Washington to Wisconsin are starving, or at least that’s what they’re saying.

Ever since the mandate to reduce calories from the United States Department of Agriculture and First Lady Michelle Obama, kids are complaining about the skimpy school lunches. Read more

The problem exists for student athletes who are burning more calories than the average student. On the other hand, if you need more fuel, bring some food from home.