Some states want to block SNAP recipients from using benefits to buy sugary foods as part of the "make America healthy again" ...

In a move sparking debate across the nutrition policy landscape, several states are exploring restrictions on how ...

Purchasing restrictions on food assistance benefits have gained steam under the “Make America Healthy Again” movement, but ...

Jon Husted would make it impossible to buy ... restrictions and incentives,” she said. Freedman pointed to Ohio’s Produce Perks program as an example of how incentives help SNAP recipients ...

It said there aren’t widely accepted standards to judge the “healthfulness” of individual foods, that implementing food restrictions ... federal SNAP spending goes towards the purchase ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Republican governors in Arkansas and Indiana moved Tuesday to ban soft drinks and candy from the ...

SNAP recipients currently can buy nearly any food in a grocery ... Gunderson suspects restrictions would increase food insecurity and demean vulnerable households. “I think it's fundamentally ...

Antihunger groups oppose SNAP food restrictions, saying that research shows that program participants are no more likely than other low-income Americans to buy sugary drinks or snack foods.

Officials in Arkansas and Indiana are moving to ban soft drinks and candy from the program that helps low-income people pay for groceries ...

Critics, including the Food Research and Action Center, have argued the restrictions ... after that purchase," she said. Rollins stressed that funding levels for SNAP would not change.

For example, if someone spends $10 using SNAP, they receive an additional $10 to purchase ... on junk food. In contrast, a 2007 U.S. Department of Agriculture report stated that food restrictions ...