Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Should the government dictate what food stamp users eat? Yes, say health researchers | AL.com

Should the government dictate what food stamp users eat? Yes, say health researchers | AL.com: Prohibiting aid recipients from using food stamps to purchase sugary drinks could reduce obesity rates and new cases of type-2 diabetes, a new study shows.

Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine looked at what would happen if food stamp users weren't allowed to purchase sugar-sweetened drinks, as well as the impact subsidizing fruits and vegetable purchases would have on the 46 million Americans who use the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP.

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