The problem isn’t the limit on calories, it’s the limit on fat.
Feeding kids that many carbs is guaranteed to make most of them grow up sick and obese.
I totally disagree. The problem is the federal government in the schools, let alone their cafeterias, to begin with.
The Japanese consume a diet high in carbohydrates, but I don't see them, or their children, growing up sick and obese. As a matter of fact, some of those high carb consuming populations enjoy the highest life expectancy of any people on earth.