Listen to KQED's Forum: Should Food Stamp Users be Blocked from Buying Junk Food?
Original Broadcast:
Tue, Dec 3, 2013 -- 9:00 AM
Listen to KQED's Forum: Should Food Stamp Users be Blocked from Buying Junk Food?
Original Broadcast:
Tue, Dec 3, 2013 -- 9:00 AM
The federal food stamp program, known as SNAP, supports one in seven Americans at a cost of around $80 billion each year. With almost 70 percent of adult Americans overweight, some nutrition advocates want to prohibit SNAP recipients from using food stamps to purchase junk food such as soda and chips. Opponents say that such restrictions would unfairly target the poor and limit their food options. KQED's Forum discusses the issue.
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