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Definitely reads as poor bashing to me. Here's a response from a University of Minnesota professor: https://www.facebook.com/joe.soss/posts/10209924428939404 ht
by ejlangev 10y ago
Definitely reads as poor bashing to me. Here's a response from a University of Minnesota professor: https://www.facebook.com/joe.soss/posts/10209924428939404 https://www.facebook.com/joe.soss/posts/10209924428939404. I think the original article doesn't even link to the real study (https://www.fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/ops/SNAPFoodsTypicallyPurchased.pdf https://www.fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/ops/SNAPFoodsTy...).
- huxley 10y agoThanks for sharing that Facebook post, it makes the case far better than I did. The professor makes it clear that the conclusions of the study are totally ignored by the NYTimes author and the figures are not only cherrypicked but misquoted. Apparently the percentage for soda is actually 5.44% not 9.3% (the bigger figure includes juices and other sweetened beverages). Attacking SNAP families for wastefulness strikes me as one of the sleaziest ways of trying to solve the problem of sweetened soda overconsumption.