Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.) reopened an age-old controversy by requesting legislation to prohibit using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to purchase soda. The strongly urged suggestion is to combat increasing obesity and diabetes rates among lower-income individuals and families by encouraging them to spend the […]
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Restricting Children from Junk Food Leads to Unhealthy Relationship with Food
Photo courtesy of Ben + Sam, Flickr In United States elementary schools, long gone are the days of Lunchables, sugary drinks and after-lunch desserts. Sweets have been almost abolished from school lunches, and in-class snack time is now seeing the same fate. Some elementary schools have also eliminated sweets from […]