I know Reps have problems with reality-checks but... The video says "active teens require between 2000-5000 calories a day according to kidshealth.org" and carries on... "school lunch policy (OMG! commies even in my plate!) mandates all teens receive only 750-850 calories per lunch". - Well first 750 calories for lunch means you can still eat the 4250 remainder (5000 cal seriously?) at breakfast + afternoon break + dinner - Plus looking at Nemours' kidshealth.org for info, I see http://kidshealth.org/parent/nutrition_center/healthy_eating... (page 3) : "typical lunch 980 cal ; nutritional upgrade 725 cal (OMG! even less than Michelle's sharia!)" - And best of all is that http://kidshealth.org/kid/nutrition/food/calorie.html (page 2) mentions "as boys enter puberty, they will need as many as 2,500 to 3,000 calories per day" So... all in all Steve King's battle for health is rather a battle for anybody-to-make-whatever-he-wants...
Not sure I follow what your point is, but I know my kids (all healthy and active and reasonably sized) eat a lot more than 750-800 calories per family-packed lunch. Home made bread sandwich, alternating meat/cheese and PB&J.
Pretzels or pita chips or something salty/carby
Cookies -preferably home-made but also (yuck) oreos - single serving
Fruit - apple, grapes, strawberries, whatever I figure they're closer to 1k very high quality calories. Absorption levels for the food my kids eat is probably 1.5X the krep they serve on a tray. I totally get that institutional food leaves you a LOT hungrier in the afternoon than real food. -XC