From Perplexity...
“The federal rules for food stamps (now SNAP) have allowed candy and other “junk foods” since the modern program was created in the 1960s, and that basic rule remained in place until very recently. �”
“The rates of diagnosed diabetes by race/ethnic background are: 7.6 percent of non-Hispanic whites; 9 percent of Asian Americans; 12.8 percent of Hispanics; 13.2 percent of non-Hispanic blacks; 15.9 percent of American Indians/Alaskan Natives.”
American blacks are #2 for diabetes.
What the government is allowing them to procure through SNAP cannot be helping.