There's no such thing as one healthy diet. Everyone has different nutrient needs. Most "healthy" foods are those that are devoid in calories. Not every person is overweight and some need extra calories. When I was a kid I was underweight and switching out my high calorie foods for low calorie foods would have been unhealthy for me.
While I do agree that people generally need to lose weight in North America, you can't treat everyone equally or tax them equally when it comes to high calorie foods.
I honestly don't see how this was the teacher's or the school's business. It sounds more like them making a quasi-governmental decision, which is well outside of their scope as educators.
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