Source: USA Today
With the current governmental administration pledging to reduce food stamp spending by $193 billion over the next ten years, experts are examining why the need for food stamps continues to rise.
The enrollment for food stamps increased during the Obama administration in which the former president suspended a limit in which able-bodied adults could collect food stamps.
The current administration aims to combat the need for food stamps by instilling requirements that would prompt able-bodied adults to work in order to receive benefits.
A major factor against the expansion of the food stamp program pertains to health of recipients.
According to a recent study conducted by BMC Health, food stamp participants were twice as likely to become obese compared to non-recipients.
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