The definition is out of date and out of sync with current nutritional concerns for children,

It's as important for children to know how to prevent heart disease, cancer and diabetes as it is for children to learn geography, ... These are important life skills that are not intuitively obvious.

It's not enough any more for the government to publish dietary guidelines and point their finger at Americans and say, 'Eat better.' It takes more than that,

I work in this area, and I don't even know what some of those things are referring to.

Schools can make money without selling junk food.

This means that the policy effectively does not address high schools at all because it won't affect the status quo.