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Running head: FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AS DUMPING GROUNDS FOR
UNHEALTHY FOODS-FOOD STAMPED

Food Assistance Programs as Dumping Grounds for Unhealthy Foods- Food Stamped

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Literature Review
According to the American Heart Association, The Obesity Society and The American
College Cardiology, many clinics should consider obesity a disease and immediately treat people
with obesity for weight loss.Obesity is a major risk factor that has multiple impacts on health
around the world. Vertical gardening has contributed immensely to the desire by families to
adopt healthy eating habits. Nutritionists worldwide appreciate that it is impossible to have
healthy lives if individuals rely on foods that are lacking fruits and vegetables. Essentially, the
abundance of fresh fruit and vegetables in diets form the foundation of healthy eating. Without
these components, persons may not be in a position to have robust and healthy bodies (Davis,
2014). In the absence of fruits and vegetables, people may rely on food items that contain a lot of
fats and sugars which in the long run affect their lives. The reliance on SNAP by low-income
families contributes immensely to the increase in the rate of obesity among families, especially
women and children.
Leung et al., in their paper, "Dietary intake and nutritional quality of low-income adults
in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program" have captured the reality regarding the
supplemental program, popularly known as stamped foods. In their analysis, the authors find that
there are challenges regarding the nutritional contents of the foods, their quality and to an
extension their benefits on the health of the consumers. The paper indicates that under the current
arrangement, there are a wide variety of choices from which the consumers can make their
choices. While there are plenty of foods and beverages from which the buyers can select
whatever they want, research indicates that the quality of the dietary contents may not be of the
desirable level (Andreyeva et al., 2012). Regarding this shortcoming, policymakers have urged

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the department of agriculture, under which this program falls, to seek alternatives to make the
program beneficial and useful in developing a healthy nation.
In the paper, the writers indicate that some of the worst hit group of Americans in this
engagement includes the children, women, and infants. There is a glaring pool of evidence which
suggests that a prolonged use of the supplemental nutritional adjustment program has been more
damaging to these people than it has been helpful. Most worryingly, reports indicate that the
increasing cases of overweight and obesity among women, children, and infants are down to the
food choices that they make, especially those that are of the low-income group. In the desire to
mitigate the challenges that arise, the department came up with a raft of dietary policies that it
thought would be necessary for making the persons make proper choices regarding their diets.
However, the initiatives have largely failed because the scarcity of resources makes these lowincome earners to settle on anything that is affordable without giving much consideration to the
health implications that are involved.
In the recent years, the policy makers have made tremendous efforts to align the stamp
food programs to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs). However, studies indicate that
the responses towards these policies have been worryingly low since the low-income earners are
made hostage to their shallow pockets. For instance, if restrictions are made to the individuals
regarding the quantities of particular foods that they need to purchase, it is possible that they will
not get all the items or nutrients that they need for the sustenance of their health (Leung et al.,
2012). The main argument is that since they are required to take less of the products, it is
expected that they will buy other products to complement whatever they get. However, since
they are financially incapacitated, these persons will end up living on amounts that are less than
what they desire. That fact is likely to have massive impacts on their health.

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Drenowski, in an article entitled, "Obesity, diets, and social inequalities" ascertains that
the route towards healthy eating is dictated by the dietary quality that is involved in whatever the
individuals partake. In the recent studies, claims the writer, it has become evident that a
comparison between income-able nonparticipants in the stamp food programs saw a huge
variance with what their counterparts in the stamp food programs did eat. The fundamental
argument of this writer is that the choice of food items is always dictated by the income levels of
the persons. Families that are having significant income levels are in a position to carefully select
the diets that they use. In such families, children are provided with an opportunity to eat only
those foods that are suitable for their biological system and those that will not cause any troubles
to them. On the other hand, Drenowski indicates that the low incomes of some individuals
compel them to eat foods that have inadequate dietary levels. One of the results that emerge is
that they will become obese.
One of the features of the SNAP foods is that children are provided with substances that
contain a lot of sugar, meats and high-fat content daily products. On the other side, the foods
contain little fruits, vegetables, and nuts. For a child to have a healthy growth in all the faculties
of the body, it is incredibly important for them to have a diet that is complete and healthy. From
the look of the situation, it is evident that the foods are lacking critical ingredients and that has
contributed immensely to the problem with obesity. Additionally, since the parents of these kids
are not financially capable of affording other alternative means due to the increased costs of
living, it is most likely that the children will have slow growth in almost all the faculties of their
souls.
The adults have also not been spared in this case. Most of the adult SNAP foods contain
too many sweeteners, sugary beverages, and meats. There is little or no fruits and vegetables that

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they consume in the process. The same research also concludes that it is some of these ...

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