Nutritious School Lunches, or the New Hunger Games?

Kevin Fallon:

After a years-long crusade, activists including Michelle Obama have finally landed more nutritious lunches in public schools. But rather than giving thanks, hungry kids are pleading, 'Please, first lady, may I have some more?' Kevin Fallon on the response from health experts.

"Give me some seconds, I, I need to get some food today," croons Callahan Grund, a 16-year-old football player from Wallace County High School in Sharon Springs, Kan. "My friends are in the corner store getting junk so they don't waste away ..."

Set to the tune of fun.'s chart-topping hit "We Are Young," "We Are Hungry" is a video made by a group of Wallace County students and teachers who are tired of their stomachs grumbling after new regulations mandated healthier lunches be served in school. In the clip, which has already accrued over 500,000 views on YouTube, Grund and his classmates are seen collapsing during sports practice, stealing food off each other's lunch trays, and frowning over puny-sized pieces of meat. "Tonight, we are hungry / Set the policy on fire, it can burn brighter than the sun."

Posted by Jim Zellmer at September 2, 2012 3:03 AM
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