Study shows how 42M recipients spend their food stamps - and they're not buying broccoli

Have you ever purchased soft drinks, potato chips or ice cream?

My main issue is that #18 is water. I thought only rich people had the right balance of wealth and carelessness to buy water from a store.

Shocker! Based on the 400 pound average super-walmart customers I see in my urban store, I'm not surprised.

Calorie dense foods. A frozen pizza, a pint of ice cream, and bag of chips is going to leave me feeling full. A bag of broccoli and carrots? Not so much.

Also, have you ever gone grocery shopping while hungry? You make poor choices.

Soda or soad as some of us know it, that has 0 value and should probably be regulated more like cigs or alcohol.

many poor people live in “food deserts”, places without good access to fresh produce. Also, fruits and vegetables cost more than cheap frozen and processed foods. Also, many poor people lack sufficient health education and aren’t brought up in environments and cultures where health, wellness, and exercise are a priority or talked about.

obviously we’d love to have more healthy people. I however would blame it more on these factors than on the individuals for having a moral shortcoming for buying unhealthy food, or even blaming these decades-old problems on our current president hahahaha.

It is time consuming and draining to plan, cook, and convince kids to eat a well-balanced meal, so I understand why those are the type of foods purchased. But at the same time, I am fully onboard that food stamps should be like WIC. Heathier options that can be purchased with WIC are clearly labeled and easy to identify.

At least they aren't buying kids and body parts like the billionaires

Go open a fresh produce store in a "food desert". Let's see how long you stay in business when there is no interest in what you're selling. There should absolutely be more regulations on what items are SNAP eligible.

Because, as you can see, the customer base doesn't want them. There's no sense stocking the shelves with fresh produce if no one will buy it.

False.

Oh shut up. Everyone knows vegetables are healthier than ice cream.

Shot put

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Remember when food was affordable under Trump?

Processed carbs are responsible for the disease epidemic of the last few decades.

Getting the lower classes hooked on the addictive chemicals we put in everything is part of God's plan.

Yes but freedom means its all their own fault

Remember when Trump added $7.8 trillion to the deficit over 4 years?

I'm curious as to how that would stack up with grocery-buying habits of non food stamp recipients, adjusted for education status/demographics/location etc. Is the diet of your average US/UK citizen that's not on welfare any better? Frankly it seems like most people just eat like crap in general, regardless of where they're getting their grocery budget from.