{"id":3304,"date":"2026-02-24T22:07:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T22:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=3304"},"modified":"2026-02-24T22:07:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T22:07:55","slug":"trump-white-house-cuts-proven-nutrition-program-despite-own-health-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=3304","title":{"rendered":"Trump White House Cuts Proven Nutrition Program Despite Own Health Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A federal nutrition education program that saved more than it cost has been quietly eliminated under President Donald Trump, even as his administration promotes healthier lifestyles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SNAP-Ed, launched in 1977 as the education arm of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, taught over 1.2 million low-income Americans each year how to stretch benefits, plan meals and cook healthier food, at a cost of about one cent for every SNAP dollar. Studies compiled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture found every dollar invested in such community education saved roughly US$10.64 in Medicaid spending, largely by lowering risks for chronic diseases like Type 2 diabetes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite these returns, SNAP-Ed was defunded on Oct. 1, 2025 as part of Trump\u2019s tax and budget package, forcing states and universities to scramble for stopgap funding while its online materials remain available. <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/trump-administration-axed-nutrition-education-program-that-saved-more-money-than-it-cost-even-as-government-encourages-healthier-eating-272002\">Read the original analysis at The Conversation<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal nutrition education program that saved more than it cost has been quietly eliminated under President Donald Trump, even&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3305,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nutrition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3304"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3306,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3304\/revisions\/3306"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}