SNAP Benefits Have Been Cut and Disrupted – Causing More Kids to Go without Enough Healthy Food and Harming Child Development

SNAP benefits have been cut and disrupted – causing more kids to go without enough healthy food and harming child development

Being able to buy nutritious groceries is essential for your family's health. Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesAbout 4 in 10 of the more than 42 million Americans who get Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are children under 18. This food aid helps their families buy groceries and boosts their health in many ways – both during childhood and once they’re adults. I am a developmental psychologist who studies how stress and nutrition affec…

SNAP benefits at risk leave a struggling economy, and millions without food

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