Children can eat as much as half their daily calories while at school, making their food and beverage options during the day a huge factor in determining their health. Unfortunately, for some 30 years, our nation turned a blind eye to nutrition standards in schools, most notably the “competitive foods and beverages,” those sold outside of school meal programs, through a la carte lines, vending machines and school stores. In 2010, the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 set in motion updates to these nutrition standards but, in the meantime, childhood obesity rates tripled— nearly one-third...