Trump administration axed nutrition education program that saved more money than it cost, even as government encourages healthier eating
- Written by Diane Cress, Associate Professor of Nutrition and Food Science, Wayne State University
If the government had found a way to save US$10 for every dollar it spent helping low-income people get healthier, wouldn’t it make sense for it to keep doing that?
Well, that’s exactly what the U.S. government did when it piloted the SNAP-Ed program in 1977. This U.S. Department of Agriculture program persisted for nearly 50 years...







