COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio is among more than 20 states approved to limit what people can buy with food assistance benefits under a new federal effort to promote healthier food choices. The program affected is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,

On May 19th, Nebraska was granted the first waiver allowing a state to prohibit purchases of soda and energy drinks through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or food stamps. A few days later, waivers were approved for Indiana and Iowa to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits will run out Nov. 1 for millions of low-income Americans who rely on money from the federal government to purchase what the ...

In a win for Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) advocates, six more states have gotten waivers allowing them to ban soda, candy and other high-sugar junk foods from being purchased through the federally funded, but state-operated Supplemental Nutrition ...

Editor's note: This piece was co-authored by Dr. Terri DeNeui. As mothers and professionals who work in wellness, we are celebrating a major step forward for the health of Americans who receive food assistance. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins ...