Americans on EBT are fatter than Americans that aren't which makes them some of the fattest human beings to ever have existed in the entire history of the species. That is a fact that people on the left and right acknowledge.
So what do you do about it?
The Obama administration's talking points were that we need to make sure everyone has access to a wider range of foods than what you would find at your local 7/11. Basically access to fresh fruits and veggies. But like the saying goes you can lead a horse to water but you can't make them drink. The evidence is iffy on whether or not just offering people fresh food as an option will do anything to reduce the obesity level so the other front to attack on is education.
Kids that are taught to pay attention to calorie counts on the food they eat and basically conditioned to eat non-junk food foods will be more likely to continue to care when the grow up.
This "food stamps only work for these foods" approach is a bit heavy handed. I think a compromise would be rolling it out in a few areas and studying whether or not it makes the people forced into a diet healthier.
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I don't think the evidence is very good that SNAP recipients are fatter than non-SNAP recipients due to their food purchasing habits, though. I'm not even sure about the fact that they are fatter than non-SNAP recipients unless you are just trying to say that poor people are fatter than richer people, but I don't see how that's useful. It is a very difficult thing to track and evaluate, though. ---
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