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Opinion: Rolling back SNAP benefits puts millions of children at risk of hunger and long-term health consequences

Now, combined with food inflation, rolling back to an already-inadequate benefit amount is likely to lead to harmful outcomes for kids.
Source: Allison Dinner/AP

At our pediatric clinic, we recently saw a child whose mother lost her job during the pandemic working as a caterer. The mother struggled to

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