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Should you be allowed to buy soda with food stamps?

Posted at 2:18 PM, Jun 05, 2014
and last updated 2014-06-05 14:20:49-04

WASHINGTON – Banning soda and other sugary drinks from food stamps would lead to significant drops in obesity and diabetes rates among the poor, according to a new study.

It would prevent at least 141,000 kids from getting fat and another 240,000 adults from developing Type 2 diabetes, the kind that usually stems from obesity, according to Stanford University medical researchers in a study published in the June issue of the academic journal Health Affairs.