Increase in U.S. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits associated with healthier children, pediatricians find

Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - 15:31 in Health & Medicine

Pediatric researchers have found that higher benefit amounts in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) protected the health and well-being of very young, low-income children during a period of great financial hardship for many families in America.

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