Arizona's new cookie law is, sadly, necessary

There's a new state law allowing schools to host fundraisers with "foods of minimal nutritional value."

My first thought: Really? We need to legislate school cookie sales? Isn't Arizona's list of laws already long enough?

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And then my second thought: Why, yes. Yes, we do.

Oh, I agree that child obesity is a problem. Too many kids are growing up on diets filled with over-processed pizza and chicken nuggets instead of tasty fruits and veggies. It's annoying that most snacks marketed to kids are empty calories, filled with fat and carbohydrates without any kind of vitamins or minerals to fuel their growing bodies.

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But the healthy school-lunch movement is out of control. Teachers have told me they have had to reject parents' cupcakes and keep candy at home, for fear that kids might think delicious chocolatey treats are a reward for doing something amazing.

As if an occasional treat is always a bad thing.

Maybe allowing candy fund-raisers won't fix that problem, but it's a step back toward school food sanity.