They provoked plenty of adolescent angst and even a boycott or two, but the new federal school lunch guidelines appear to be working.

Teenagers have finally submitted to the brave new era of healthy eating.

A new study in JAMA Pediatrics found that the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act (HHFKA), which was passed in 2010 and implemented for the 2012-13 school year, did not appear to stop kids from eating school lunch.

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