In LAUSD, students throw away more than $100,000 of food every day. This translates to a loss of approximately $18 million per year, or 10% of food wasted (Watanabe). Our country's schools lose billions of dollars every year, and our weak economy is paying for school meals that many students refuse to eat, despite the efforts of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. The government is trying to reduce childhood obesity regulating school meals, physical education and health education, but it was all in vain. The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act is actually hurting both children and their schools because meals are more expensive, the yen becomes unappetizing, and many children are left with empty stomachs. The obesity epidemic is a very serious and especially serious problem in our nation's children, and the government is taking several measures with the goal of solving this problem. The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 aims to enable children to receive balanced, nutritious, and tasty school meals, as well as exercise that will reduce childhood obesity and other related health problems (Watanabe). Even though these new laws were enacted with nothing but good intentions, there is still much that doesn't exactly match the lawmakers' original intentions regarding the laws' outcomes. Regulation adjustments have required many changes to menu offerings along with other changes, none of which have come without a cost to schools and students. These new rules created by the government seek to make life and the school environment better for children. but they could actually make the situation worse by regulating the wrong things in the wrong way. . . has imposed a dizzying array of requirements in terms of calories, portion sizes and even the color of the sheet of paper… ily News. LA Daily News, August 11, 2012. Web. May 11, 2014. “La Cañada Middle/High School Menu April 2014.” School Nutrition and Fitness.com. School Nutrition Plus, April 2014. Web. April 20, 2014. Lusted, Marcia Amidon. “What's for lunch?” Odyssey February 2014: n. page Student resources in context. Network. April 8, 2014.Lutz, Ericka. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Looking Good for Teens. Indianapolis: Alpha, 2001. Print. “Nutrition standards for school meals.” USDA Food and Nutrition Service. U.S. Department of Agriculture, March 6, 2014. Web. April 20, 2014. Unmacht, Jacob. “@MichelleObama Thanks for the 'healthy' lunch. This is definitely enough for a growing 16 year old. #not." April 7, 2014. Tweet. April 20, 2014. Watanabe, Teresa. “Solutions Sought to Reduce Food Waste in Schools.” Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times, April 1, 2014. Web. April 19. 2014.