Food Stamps Buy $2B in Sugary Drinks: The financial assistance known as SNAP, formerly known as Food Stamps, which is designed to help
low-income people buy the food may need to go on a diet. Researchers from the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity found that found that 58 percent of all beverages bought by SNAP participants were for sugar-sweetened drinks, including regular soda, fruit drinks, and sports drinks. The percentage amount to $2 billion per year
"…the annual use of billions of dollars in SNAP benefits to purchase products at the core of public health concerns about obesity and chronic illnesses is misaligned with the goal of helping economically vulnerable families live active, healthy lives,” said the study's lead author, Tatiana Andreyeva, the Rudd Center’s director of economic initiatives. via Futurity
