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![A white “SNAP welcomed here" sign on a store window. On it’s left is a credit card accepted sign with logos, and a yellow “We welcome snap EBT Customers” flyer.](https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/HarvardPublicHealth-Snap_FoodStamps_f.jpg)
SNAP helps Americans eat. But can it help them eat better?
Studies suggest people who use the program are less healthy than people who don’t.
![3D illustration: A full grocery basket with lit candles reading “SNAP60”. Confetti is in the background.](https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/HarvardPublicHealth_Snap-60-food-stamps_f2.jpg)
As food stamps turn 60, four reasons to celebrate
The program reduces food insecurity and poverty.