Nearly two dozen states have enacted changes to their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamps, to exclude sodas, candy and other unhealthy foods from being purchased with benefits – seemingly to align with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s push to make America healthier.
In an effort to promote Kennedy’s MAHA agenda, the Department of Agriculture, which oversees SNAP, is allowing states to pilot a two-year program in which states can ask for exemptions to certain foods or beverages to see whether it promotes healthy dietary changes.
