Nutritionists agree reducing the amount of sugar people consume would be good for the Nation's health. But the plan to block ...

Let’s be clear: No one is banning soda. Anyone can still buy it. The issue is whether taxpayers should have to subsidize it. Right now, they are doing so — heavily. SNAP, which helps over 42 ...

Yet SNAP directs more than $10.5 billion each year to a soda industry that has systematically targeted poor families, flooded the marketplace with harmful products, and contributed to astounding ...

Large soda companies are worried about their futures as Republicans eye legislation to exclude sugary drinks from SNAP, also known as food stamps. Republicans’ latest efforts to “Make America ...

The health secretary announced the change to the SNAP food program in an appearance ... food assistance from using the money to pay for soda, a core component of his “Make America Healthy ...

Calley Means, a White House senior adviser, said Kennedy is discussing proposals to ban soda in SNAP with more than 15 governors. “We’re not saying anyone can’t drink Coke,” Means told ...

He compared soda companies to the formerly dominant tobacco companies and said they are pressuring governors to back off from efforts to ban the drinks from the SNAP program. “They are telling ...

It is not a new idea, but unlike past efforts, the movement to make soda ineligible for SNAP – just as alcohol and tobacco already are – seemed to be gaining momentum. President Trump has ...

West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey, a Republican, has submitted a waiver to the federal government to block the use of SNAP benefits to purchase soda as part of new food and nutrition ...