This thread discusses the Content article: Local schools gaining ground in fight against on-campus junk food

Getting rid of junk food is just the start.

When I went to high school the real problem did not lie in the candy/soda machines, it was in the lunch lines. Nothing was prepared from scratch, most everything had exorbitant amounts of sodium in it, and a lot of the options were sugar or fat laden.

A typical lunch offering at Box Elder High School, where I went, was this:

Entree like re-hydrated potato flakes, with powdered gravy, some kind of bulk meat, a mushy vegetable (canned with 30% of a person's daily sodium), and your choice of sugar grape juice, sugar apple juice, sugar orange juice, or milk.

Then there were the daily options of: Hamburgers, hotdogs, fried chicken patties, and corndogs, all served with french fries. (Don't forget the condiments like mayo)

Oh, but they did have a salad: One with iceberg lettuce and dressing that had 18 grams of fat in two tablespoons and you got about six tablespoons.

Until administrators realize that there needs to be better food in the cafeteria as well as the vending machines, kids are just going to get fatter and fatter.