I mean Congress.

Have you ever known me to be a Republican, Richard? I'm libertarian, and that means I dislike them as much as I do the Democrats.

I see.

To me is seems really obvious that the schools that make the food (or buy food) should have regulations on what they can serve. Saying that kids have a right to choose just seems like a fallacy, since they aren't choosing the unhealthy food either, even if they prefer it.

Bold part almost made me drop my jaw. That argument could never be made where I live, because people are used to school food sucking (as in the taste, not the nutrition), and just eat it anyway because they're hungry. That just seems like overly spoiled kids to me.

But the government is enforcing unhealthy food.

You either serve healthy food and let the haters deal with it, or you serve unhealthy food and doom people to future heart attacks. Or you stop providing food and just make everyone bring from home.

I've never been to an American high school, but the impression I get from the article is quite a simple one. The food organisation is attempting to force the teenagers to eat food they don't like but they're trying to do so because its healthier for them.

The best example is the Black Bean salad, I would never even touch that food and no one I know would either (and I'm 20!), that simply isn't the right food for the right age, they need to make food which is healthy and at the same time familiar to children. The solution is simple, make their favourite foods with healthy ingredients and prepare it well. Kids like fish fingers, no problem, its really easy to make healthy fish fingers, same goes for burgers, pizza, the lot!

(Of course, this won't work alone. I am aware of the disaster later on when children realise that the healthy food that the cafeteria serves is not the same as some trashy fast food corner shop, but I'm sure they can fit that into the school curriculum :P)

healthy food is a conspiracy cooked up by the Muslim-triangle-communist collective.

Clogged arteries are patriotism!

The education needs to change, People should have to do both. In my country, you have to. One year, my class did Textiles (sewing machines) for 3 months or so, then 3 months of cooking and then wood/ metal work. It's stupid that you had a choice. Cooking is an important life skill. But, it's generally the lifestyle choice and there attitude's to food, which is why I think many are fat. 

Depends on your families income. If you are a low income family, breakfast and lunch is free. If you don't meet whatever the guideline is for low income your family can pay for school lunches (Not sure about now, but when I was in school in the late80s-90s it was about $2 per lunch, also not sure if it is different from state to state). You could also choose to bring your own lunch instead, which I did until I was in 4th grade.

School lunches sucked until I was in Jr. High. We almost never got fresh veggies. For our fruit/veggie we would usually get one of the following: Dried Figs, canned corn, canned green beans, canned peas, tator tots, mashed potatoes. Then for the main course we would get chicken nuggets, rubbery pizza, cold gross spaghetti, hard grilled cheese sandwiches, a hamburger, weenier wrap, or chefs choice (Usually something that was left over). You didn't get a choice, they had one set a day. Your only choice was your drink which was Milk, Chocolate Milk, Apple Juice, or Orange Juice. The Juices were only meant for the kids that were lactose intolerant.

Later when I got to junior high we had choices for our main course which were much better (tasting not healthier). We also had a vendor in the cafeteria that sold Cinnamon rolls, eclairs, Dominoes Pizza, instant ramen and other junk food. We also had Pepsi vending machines.

There wasn't really a healthy food choice for kids unless they brought it from home. And most school food already tasted bad, I starved myself on Pizza day and spaghetti day because it was so hard to eat, so I just started throwing it away. I am all for there being healthier food served in schools, if parents want to have their kids eat junk food, they can pack a lunch.

There is no way a pizza is a vegetable, what morons!

Advertising like this don't help either

Am I like from the only country in the world where we don't have warm school lunches?

we have sandwiches during lunch...  made by mom..