HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – The American Heart Association teamed with Hollywood funnyman Nick Offerman to produce a new satire video aimed at saving Michelle Obama’s federal school lunch restrictions.

The two-minute video posted to the comedy site Funny or Die pokes fun at current regulations in the Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act that permit pizza and fish sticks on lunch trays as Congress prepares to reauthorize the act next month, MNN.com reports.

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The authorization impacts federal food regulations for all child nutrition programs, including the National School Lunch and Breakfast programs. Tightened restrictions on calories, fat, sugar, sodium, whole wheat, snacks and other aspects of school foods imposed through the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 2012 have already resulted 1.2 million fewer students in the lunch line.

But the new AHA-Funny or Die video makes it clear the organization stands firmly with the first lady – who has vowed to fight for the increased restrictions “until the bitter end” – regardless of the economic and other negative impacts on schools.

It’s supporters’ most recent attempt to popularize school lunch changes that aren’t very popular. Previous stunts included Michelle Obama’s “Turnip for What” Vine clip, a parody of the Lil Jon club anthem “Turn Down for What?”

In the most recent video, Offerman visits the “Pizza Farm,” where folks “are hard at work growing the ripe, juicy pizzas your kids love.

“What could be healthier than this?” questions Offerman, clad in overalls and a straw hat as he snaps a slice off a tree. “Acres of pizza kissed by the sun stretching as far as the eye can see.”

“We also have orchards of taquitos trees soaking up the minerals and vitamins from the sun before we pick them and deliver them straight to those school lunch trays,” Offerman jokes as he shares a taquito with a young girl.

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He then moves on to the sloppy joe fields, where the sandwiches “grow all year round thanks to the nutrients and the cola we use to water them.”

The video is undoubtedly funny, but parents, students and school officials dealing with the reality of the current government rules on school food know the problems created by the government so far are no joke.

Hundreds of schools across the country have dropped out of the National School Lunch Program entirely, foregoing federal subsidies for free and reduced lunch students in order to salvage what’s left of their lunch programs.

In most cases, officials expect to make up the lost federal funds simply by serving students food they actually want to buy and eat, rather than force-feeding them what the government deems “healthy.”

Many nutrition experts have complained that the federal rules encourage schools to serve prepackaged or processed foods rather than fresh local produce, for example.

Members of the School Nutrition Association and lunch ladies from across the country recently called on Congress to dial back some regulations they believe are counterproductive, like the current practice of forcing every child to take a fruit or vegetable, whether they want it or not.

That requirement alone increased school food waste nationally by about $1 billion a year, according to some estimates.

Regardless, the Funny or Die video is directly in line with supporters of the current restrictions, which ratchet up in coming years, who believe it’s the government’s responsibility to decide what students should eat.

MNN columnist summed up the video’s tongue-in-cheek message: “The school lunch program has a long way to go before it’s providing healthy meals for all students. It’s important for all of us, whether we have children or not, to let those who run the program know that we expect improvements when the act is renewed. This is one easy way to help accomplish that goal — so do it.”

The video encourages viewers to sign a letter to their representatives in support of renewing the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act.

But those calling for Congress to lighten up have a different perspective that entrusts parents and the school district leaders they elect to decide what’s appropriate for local students.

For some, the Funny or Die video’s premise that government knows best is the real joke.