Poverty, obesity and SNAP in America

Adisturbing statistic revealing the dismal state of health in America is that more than 40% of the population is obese (defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as having a body mass index of 30 or higher). It’s shocking how these numbers have increased over the years; in the 1960s, only 13% of the population was seriously overweight. And it isn’t just adults who are affect...

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