Major changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, courtesy of President Donald Trump and his GOP-controlled Congress, have arrived. The reforms to the food assistance program come via the 2025 “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”
The law mandates that SNAP recipients aged 18 to 64, and parents who don’t have children under 14, must document that they are working or volunteering for 80 hours a month. If they don’t, they risk losing benefits.
Other reforms of SNAP should delight the Fat Nag. The Fat Nag, that is, yours truly. I have railed for decades against sugar, fast foods and other edible evils. My alter ego has lectured, pleaded and begged my readers to run for their lives from Doritos, Ding Dongs and Sprite.
America is drowning in fat. In 2023, around 40% of adults were defined as obese, according to data from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
So, you might conclude that the Nag is delighted that residents of Indiana, Iowa and three other states are now forbidden from using SNAP food assistance for soda, candy and other foods, after waivers approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that began Jan. 1.