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Food Stamps: The Nutritional Benefits of Food Stamps to the American Population
Food stamps provide an essential safety net for the American population, ensuring no one goes hungry. But food stamps also offer nutritional benefits, providing low-income Americans access to hea...
A Gluten-Free Food Guide for Kids, Promoting Good Nutrition and Easing the Burden on Families
When a child is diagnosed with celiac disease, it can be an overwhelming experience for families. The diagnosis requires immediate and significant changes to the child's...
Why the Governmentโs Plan to Control What People Buy with Food Assistance Won't Make America Healthier
President Donald Trump's nominee for the Health and Human Services Department, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has a big goal: he wants to make America healthy again. ...
Guidelines To The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Program
The Food and Nutrition Act of 1985 created the Supplemental Nutrients Assistance Program (SNAP). AFDC, or Aid to Families with Dependent Children, was an entitlement program that gave cash welfare paym...
How Can We Prepare for the Potential 2020 Influenza Pandemic?
During the influenza epidemic of 1918, 500 million infected people worldwide succumbed to the H1N1 influenza virus: 100 million of them died. The 1918 pandemic attacked patients' lungs leaving them unable t...
Food Assistance Programs Adapt to Help More Families
Putting food on the table is a basic need for every family, yet far too many struggle with food insecurity. Important food assistance programs aim to alleviate hunger, especially the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Prog...
SNAP and Nutrition Education: Promoting Healthy Eating Habits
In recent years, there has been an escalating concern about the nutritional quality of food consumed by economically disadvantaged families. Research has revealed that individuals with limited economic means ar...
How You Can Design Your Kitchen to Encourage Better Diet Choices
Struggling with eating healthy? Consider redesigning your kitchen. You don't need a full kitchen overhaul to make a space that encourages better eating habits. A few easy changes can go a long wa...
House Republicans' Budget Plan: Major Cuts to Medicaid and Food Assistance Amidst Tax Cuts for the Wealthy
The House Republicans are moving forward with a new budget plan. Last Thursday, they spent 12 hours talking about it and decided not to accept any changes that the Dem...