The debate over healthy school lunches continues. Although many claim students do not enjoy healthier alternatives and end up wasting food, a new survey suggests that kids actually enjoy the newer lunch options. 

Time reported on a Childhood Obesity Journal survey revealing that students like the new lunches. Backed by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the survey said around 70 percent of elementary school students "generally like the new lunch," with 70 percent of middle-school students and 63 percent of high-school students reportedly liking the new lunches. 

"The updated meals standards are resulting in healthier meals for tens of millions of kids," said Lindsey Turner, lead author of the first study. "Our studies show that kids are okay with these changes, and that there have not been widespread challanges with kids not buying or eating the meals."

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Article by Kassondra Granata, EducationWorld Contributor