SNAP!!!

The articles I choose was the one about soda being excluded from foods food-stamp users or not. I think that soda should be excluded due to the fact that many children are consuming a large amount of soda. Even though one of the articles states that this wouldn’t be the complete solution, I think it can contribute in making it easier for parents to keep their children at their normal weight. Obesity is being seen a lot in young children. Also dental problems are being affected by all the sweets being consumed by the children. The children need to change their eating habits and this can help. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) was made with the intention to help low - income families. They want to support them financially so that they can provide their families with food. There are exceptions towards what they can buy but still it’s not enough. Non food things, alcohol beverages and restaurant meals are things you can’t buy with SNAP. I think that they should a lot more things to that list for example: candy, chips, soda, as well as any sweets or foods with a lot of fat. SNAP needs to be a lot more strict about what SNAP users can buy. I think that if a few more items were added to the things they can’t buy we would see a big difference in the health of all those families who use food stamps. Not only the children but the parents will also be in a better health status. If the families really depend on food stamps to buy food, otherwise they can use their own money to buy all of the excluded products. This way SNAP will also be able to see what families are really needy of their help.