SNAP benefits have been cut and disrupted – causing more kids to go without enough healthy food and harming child development

By Jenalee Doom, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Denver

About 4 in 10 of the more than 42 million Americans who get Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are children under 18. This food aid helps their families buy groceries and boosts their health in many ways – both during childhood and once they’re adults.

I am a developmental psychologist who studies how stress and nutrition affect kids’ mental and physical health during…

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