Washington Post, Spokesman Review – Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s quest to reshape food policy in America took him to an event in West Virginia with the state’s Republican governor, who announced Friday his intent to seek the federal government’s help in barring the use of food stamps to buy soda.
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“Taxpayer dollars should be targeted toward nutritious foods,” Gov. Patrick Morrisey said at a lectern emblazoned with a “MAHA Starts Here” sign.
Kennedy, the nation’s top health official, has made new restrictions on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) a key pillar of his Make America Healthy Again agenda to tackle chronic disease and childhood illness. He and his allies have argued that federal dollars shouldn’t go toward purchasing products they say are major drivers of poor health and obesity, and lawmakers in more than a dozen statehouses are considering similar bills.
