Healthier meal choices popular at high school

Students at Fallbrook High School have shown their desire for healthier food by enthusiastically supporting the newer choices available these days in the cafeteria.

School districts across the country have been taking steps to make food in schools healthier because of new federal guidelines and awareness that a growing number of children are overweight. In California, deep fryers have been banned, so chicken strips are now baked and French fries have been removed from the menu and replaced with baked chips.

Good eating begins at 7:05 a.m. with the school’s healthy breakfast menu. Many tasty ch...