Times changed. The Pentagon (who owns school lunch program) set their standards because they rejected too many recruits for malnutrition in WWII, usually insufficient calories&#x2F;stunted growth.<p>The 50&#x27;s saw that change with widespread refrigeration and more varied diets. The standards should have changed but once instituted change comes hard.<p>Now the Pentagon responds to obesity by restricting school lunch calories. Misguided in my opinion; school kids are growing fast and need <i>good calories</i>. Restrict calories at lunch, and the kids eat junk after school to make up for it. I would much rather schools provided unrestricted salad bars etc. instead of trying to put all the kids on a diet.