Should Food Stamp recipients be able to use government funds to buy fast food? Yum Brands, the holding company of KFC and Taco Bell thinks YES! If this seems totally preposterous to you, well, it’s because it is. The aid program, … Continue reading
Should Soft Drinks Be Off Limits for Food Stamp Recipients?
Despite New York’s well intentioned efforts, the Federal government has rejected Mayor Bloomberg’s efforts to combat obesity through limitations on soft drink purchases with “food stamps”. Almost a year ago, New York suggested that the city’s participants in the SNAP … Continue reading
Soda, Surplus, and Food Stamps: A Short History
This is a guest blog post by Daniel Bowman Simon. It appeared originally on the Huffington Post. Lately there has been a lot of hoopla in the Big Apple about the federal food stamp program, now officially known by the … Continue reading
Do Food Stamps Really Contribute to Obesity?
Image via Wikipedia A recent study published Ohio State University’s Center for Human Resource Research says YES. The findings: the average user of food stamps had a Body Mass Index (BMI) 1.15 points higher than non-users. The link between food … Continue reading