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Virginia’s SNAP Soda Ban Misses the Bigger Nutrition Challenge

Virginia's SNAP Soda Ban Misses the Bigger Nutrition Challenge Rick Barnard November 9, 2026 Virginia's new restrictions on purchasing soda and other sweetened carbonated beverages with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, implemented Nov. 1, are intended to advance an important public health goal: Reduce excessive sugar consumption.  The health [...]