I'm not big on telling others how to live their lives, especially when it comes to eating the foods they enjoy, but something about this seems wrong. And, of course, the junk food industry is fighting any sort of change that would affect their profits.
There's also the aspect that some people don't really know how to prepare nutritious foods -- and some are just too darned tired to do so after working two jobs.
It seems, however, that as taxpayers who are footing the bill for these SNAP benefits, that we have some responsibility, especially to the children, not to poison their little systems with soda and junk foods.
Is it possible to supplement their food needs in a healthier way without making them feel left out or singled out?
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/13/w...snap-soda.htmlWhat do households on food stamps buy at the grocery store?
The answer was largely a mystery until now. The United States Department of Agriculture, which oversees the $74 billion food stamp program called SNAP, has published a detailed report that provides a glimpse into the shopping cart of the typical household that receives food stamps.
The findings show that the No. 1 purchases by SNAP households are soft drinks, which accounted for about 10 percent of the dollars they spent on food. “In this sense, SNAP is a multibillion-dollar taxpayer subsidy of the soda industry,” said Marion Nestle, a professor of nutrition, food studies and public health at New York University. “It’s pretty shocking.”
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Originally Posted by FindersKeepers
