Should schools ban processed foods from lunch menus?
School lunch programs are failing at their core mission: feeding kids real food. I've seen the weekly menu at my son's elementary school—chicken nuggets, pizza, corn dogs—and the 'vegetable' side is often a sad pile of canned corn. We spend billions on these programs, yet kids are getting ultra-processed junk that sets them up for obesity and diabetes. It's time to ban processed foods from school cafeterias entirely, no exceptions.