United States lawmakers passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which aimed to tackle both childhood obesity and hunger by ...

Groups working to fight hunger in Iowa say proposed cuts to SNAP benefits would fall squarely on the state's kids, who rely ...

U.S. food banks, which helped feed an estimated 50 million people in 2023, are staring down the barrel of SNAP benefit changes.

Purchasing restrictions on food assistance benefits have gained steam under the “Make America Healthy Again” movement, but ...

Instead of answering, “Where’s the beef?” Michigan State University scientists are gaining a deeper understanding of what’s ...

Some states want to block SNAP recipients from using benefits to buy sugary foods as part of the "make America healthy again" ...

Republican governors in Arkansas and Indiana moved Tuesday to ban soft drinks and candy from the program that helps ...

Four states have said they will try to eliminate sugary products from food stamps programs, which may affect recipients of ...

An Alabama lawmaker has filed a bill, HB579, that would ban the purchase of soda using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, on April 15 said no to an Arizona bill supported by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that sought to prevent people from using their ...

Food bank officials in Iowa say the cancellation of a government funding program called the Commodity Credit Corp. jeopardizes hundreds of thousands of pounds of U.S. Department of Agriculture food ..