Fast Foods and Food Stamps?

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Fast Foods and Food Stamps?

blog.foodfacts.com

Approximately 45 million low-income Americans are enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program which provides food stamps to purchase produce, meats, dairy, breads, and packaged foods. There has been much controversy over which foods should actually be allowed to be purchased with food stamps based on nutritional value. Currently, items such as sodas, candy, and chips are able to be purchased, despite seeing trends in the rising obesity epidemic which is largely seen in low-income c

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Tags: Obesity, Diet and Nutrition, Dairy, Fast Food

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