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Reducing Americans\u2019 consumption of sugary drinks has become a priority under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., leader of the Trump administration\u2019s \u201cMake America Healthy Again,\u201d or MAHA, movement.\nAs of May, nearly 37 million Americans received food stamps, according to the Department of Agriculture. Participation in SNAP has fluctuated over the years, driven by both economic conditions and eligibility rules, according to the\u00a0Pew Research Center. In the years following the 2008-09 housing crash, for example, the share of Americans on food stamps surged to nearly 19%.\nAccording to the nonpartisan Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, SNAP recipients in 2026 received an average of\u00a0$188\u00a0per month in food stamps, or $6.17 per day.\nMore state bans\nIn March, Kennedy said during an event in West Virginia that the federal government would end \u201ctaxpayer-subsidized soda assistance\u201d for SNAP recipients. 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(The results are based on restrictions issued in the first 10 states during the first half of 2026.)\nAnother recent\u00a0study\u00a0by economic and policy experts at the University of Iowa and the University of Georgia, which also explored the impact of state bans on SNAP recipients\u2019 sugary drink purchases, found that the rules led to a 13% decrease in soda purchases.\n\u201cIn our paper, we show that the effects are sustained over six months,\u201d Allcott added. \u201cI think it\u2019s likely that the effects will be sustained over an even longer time, but it\u2019s possible that the effects will decrease.\u201d\nResults across states were mixed, with researchers finding that reductions in soda purchases were less pronounced in places that only partially banned people on food stamps from using the benefits to buy sugary drinks. SNAP recipients in those states were more likely to substitute purchases by, for instance, purchasing energy drinks instead of soda.\n\n\t\t\u201cFrom a health perspective, all sugary drinks are bad, right?\u201d Allcott said. \u201cAnd so, excluding only some sugary drinks from SNAP is probably not a good idea. The substitution effect undoes some of the potential health gains.\u201d\n\u201cStigma hurts health\u201d\nDespite the potential advantages the research points to, such restrictions could have downsides for SNAP recipients, the study found. A survey the researchers fielded in July found that the restrictions heightened SNAP recipients\u2019 sense of stigmatization, with more reporting \u201cfeeling judged\u201d while shopping with food stamps than before the state policies were introduced.\n\u201cStigma hurts health, so that may offset some of the calculated benefits of reduced soda intake,\u201d Kate Bauer, a nutrition science expert at the University of Michigan, told CBS News in an email.\nGina Plata-Nino, SNAP director at the nonprofit Food Research & Action Center, said the study\u2019s survey results should \u201cconcern anyone interested in improving health,\u201d noting that stigma can discourage people from seeking food assistance.\n\u201cOur country already has a SNAP gap: People who would be eligible for SNAP, but because of stigma and other administrative barriers, don\u2019t feel safe applying for benefits,\u201d she said in an email. \u201cHunger itself is a serious threat to health. 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