As 42 million low-income recipients are stuck in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits ongoing government shutdownA new study shows that the program’s purchasing power falls short in helping people buy healthy Eating plan.
Indiana-based researchers considered whether SNAP benefits based on frugal meal plan Models for low-cost diets provide enough money to cover the cost of three widely recognized, healthy eating plans: harvard healthy eating patterns, Mediterranean dietand dietary approaches to prevent high blood pressure, or a little Diet.
According to the study, SNAP benefits do not cover the full cost of maintaining a Mediterranean or DASH diet for all demographics, both of which may reduce chronic diseases. But it determined that food aid was enough to purchase food for every demographic that complied with harvard dietWhich emphasizes vegetables, fruits, whole grains and healthy proteins.
Because financial assistance does not cover all “health-focused alternative diets,” the researchers concluded that SNAP beneficiaries are effectively hit with a “poverty tax” as they try to feed themselves.
SNAP benefits are intended to offset the amount of money recipients spend on food, with beneficiaries expected to receive about 30 percent of their net income. average recipient family receives a monthly payment of $332, according to US Department of Agriculture.
Funds going to recipients’ electronic cards are at risk government shutdown It started from 1 October. A federal judge has ordered to form the Trump administration latest payment For November.
