{"id":15955,"date":"2025-03-28T15:25:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T15:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/states-will-be-able-to-bar-federal-food-benefit-recipients-from-buying-soft-drinks-kennedy-says\/"},"modified":"2025-03-28T15:25:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T15:25:27","slug":"states-will-be-able-to-bar-federal-food-benefit-recipients-from-buying-soft-drinks-kennedy-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/states-will-be-able-to-bar-federal-food-benefit-recipients-from-buying-soft-drinks-kennedy-says\/","title":{"rendered":"States Will Be Able to Bar Federal Food Benefit Recipients From Buying Soft Drinks, Kennedy Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Friday that the Trump administration will begin allowing states to bar recipients of federal food assistance from using the money to pay for soft drinks \u2014 a core component of his \u201cMake America Healthy Again\u201d agenda.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Kennedy announced the change to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP, in Martinsburg, W.Va., where he appeared with Gov. Patrick Morrissey, who recently signed legislation banning foods containing most <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/08\/26\/well\/eat\/food-dye-california-ban.html\" title=\"\">artificial food dyes<\/a> and two preservatives \u2014 the first state to do so.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The health secretary is talking to 15 other governors about similar moves, according to Calley Means, a health food entrepreneur who recently joined the White House to help carry out Mr. Kennedy\u2019s agenda. Mr. Kennedy told the audience in West Virginia that the food companies had used science to make their products addictive, just as tobacco firms had.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cFood is medicine,\u201d Mr. Kennedy told a group of teachers, children and parents in the gymnasium of a local school. He added: \u201cIt treats our health. It treats our mental health.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Kennedy\u2019s appearance, with a Republican governor, speaks to a pronounced cultural change in the politics of food and health, as Republicans join the health secretary\u2019s \u201cmake America healthy again\u201d movement. But in a decidedly Republican twist, Mr. Morrissey also announced new \u201cwork, training and educational requirements\u201d for SNAP participants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The governor also announced a new statewide exercise initiative, and said he intended to \u201cstart shedding a few pounds\u201d himself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Morrisey announced he would seek the required waiver to bar soft drink purchases using SNAP, along with other initiatives intended to promote exercise and to encourage West Virginians to become healthier. The state has one of the highest obesity rates in the nation. He introduced Mr. Kennedy as one of \u201cthe most talked about, vilified men in America\u201d and \u201ca warrior for children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Kennedy does not have authority over the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which falls under the Agriculture Department. 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