An effort by Pennsylvania schools to get students to eat healthier is coming under fire from Sarah Palin.

The proposed new guidelines would limit the amount of sweets in classroom parties and reduce the number of holiday and birthday celebrations.

On the proposed regulations, Palin called Pennsylvania a “nanny state run amok.” In protest, she brought 200 sugar cookies to a Bucks County school fundraiser Tuesday.

“I had to shake it up a little bit because I heard there is a debate going on in Pennsylvania over whether most schools condemn sweets, cakes, cookies, that type of thing,” Palin said. “I brought dozens and dozens of cookies to these students.”

Instead, parents would be encouraged to serve healthy snacks, such as fruits or vegetables.

The Pennsylvania State Board of Education is scheduled to vote on the proposed guidelines this spring.

“You shouldn’t have been making these decisions about what you can eat at the school. Should it be the government or should it be the parents?” Palin asked.

Sarah Palin Cookie Protest: Calls Pennsylvania a ‘Nanny State Run Amok’ – ABC News

A recent New York Times article explains that when Domino’s Pizza sales were suffering, one organization called Dairy Management stepped forward and suggested the pizza chain add 40 percent more cheese per pie. The organization also threw in $12 million for a marketing campaign.

The organization responsible for suggesting the fatty fix, Dairy Management, is under the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the agency that’s been promoting healthier foods and lifestyle choices.

In an interview with The Atlantic, Marion Nestle, professor of Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health at New York University, explains why a government agency such as the USDA is seemingly contradicting its own mission:

“From its beginnings in the 1860s, USDA’s role was to promote U.S. agricultural production and sales, with the full support of what was then a largely agricultural Congress. Only in the 1970s, did USDA pick up all those pesky food assistance programs and capture the ‘lead federal agency’ role in providing dietary advice to the public.”

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