Pediatricians Find Increase In SNAP Benefits Associated With Healthier Children
Pediatric researchers from Boston Medical Center (BMC), in partnership with Children’s HealthWatch investigators in Boston, Minneapolis, Little Rock, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, have found that higher benefit amounts in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) protected the health and well-being of very young, low-income children duri…
October 14, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: assistance, baltimore, benefit, benefit-amounts, boston, boston-medical, food-stamps, formerly-known, known-as-food, little-rock, minneapolis, nutrition, nutrition / diet, philadelphia, very-young
Let’s Get Sugary Drinks Off Food Stamps List, Say Mayor Bloomberg And Governor Paterson
As sugar-sweetened drinks are a major contributor towards America’s obesity epidemic, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Governor David Paterson have proposed to the Department of Agriculture that they be excluded from the list of products that can be purchased with food stamps, known as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)…
October 8, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: department, food-stamps, governor, list
