The White House pushes healthy eating. It cut a landmark nutrition education program
The Trump administration has eliminated the SNAP-Ed program, a long-standing federal initiative that funded nutrition education and obesity prevention. Despite the administration's stated goal of improving national health, experts are concerned that cutting this program undermines efforts to promote healthy eating among low-income populations.
Why it matters
The removal of a major public health infrastructure program creates a policy contradiction regarding the administration's 'Make America Healthy Again' agenda.
Wholesome eating is a central part of the Trump administration's efforts to Make America Healthy Again. But a landmark nutrition education program for recipients of federal food assistance and other low-income people will cease to exist within weeks after President Trump eliminated it last summer when he signed a massive Republican spending and tax bill .
For decades, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Grant Program, known as SNAP-Ed, has funded programs such as community cooking classes, farmers markets in low-income neighborhoods, school nutrition lessons and more in every U.S. state. The program is a "pillar of the public health infrastructure in the US," according to a report published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior .
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