Making School Foods Healthier

With one out of every three children in the United States now considered overweight or obese, few would argue that the nation’s kids need to eat more healthfully. What experts might dispute, however, is how best to accomplish that objective, with school lunch programs and vending machine snack sales playing particularly important parts in the discussion.

In January, the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture released new standards for school meals. Part of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act championed by First…