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 ...

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is tightening its restrictions, potentially prohibiting the purchase of ...

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

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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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