This is probably about right for a 45 year old like me, but teenage boys who participate in football/basketball/wrestling/etc. amd work out every day need 5000 calories or more.
I always laugh at that left wing group that attacks Burger King's mega-size meals that have 2500 or so calories. The target market for these meals is teenage boys; they need a lot more calories than the rest of us.
The first comment on the article at the site is very,very telling about the true goal of these actions.
Ration children’s food essentially to deal with the “high coast of health care... and a simple, effective and appropriate part of the solution.”
Kenyan Public Schools
Obviously, this is a sideways means to cut costs in school. I’ve got a great plan. Don’t serve food anymore in school, sack the cooks. Let the parents be responsible for sending kids to school with lunch, and it can be whatever they want.
Silly, I know.