Food stamp users risk weight gain: study

More on poveresity.

"Packing on the pounds may be an unintended consequence of the U.S. Food Stamp Program, according to research that shows that getting food stamps may help contribute to obesity, at least among women...

Zagorsky and Smith also found that BMI increased faster when participants were getting food stamps than when they were not, and increased more the longer they were in the food stamp program...

Modifying the food stamp program to include economic incentives to buy and eat healthier foods 'might be an important tool for fighting obesity,' Zagorsky offers.

People on food stamps, for example, could be required to take a course on nutrition and food stamp users who purchase fresh fruit and vegetables and other low-fat products could be given more benefits or receive discounts on these products, he said."

Or...give them less so they buy fewer Calories, since there are no "healthy" foods, anyway (there is only eating healthily).

A better approach.