Obesity is still playing a large part in the negative health outcomes for women, babies and children in Mississippi. And state agencies are working through changes to federal welfare programs.

The health of Mississippi’s youth and their mothers is at risk from several factors, the greatest of which is reported to be obesity and childbirth.

Those were two of the biggest topics touched on during the health-related portions of the state Senate Study Committee on Women, Children and Families hearing held on Tuesday.

Other health-related topics pertained to helping mothers overcome addiction and the stigma associated with addiction as well as the state of the Medicaid and SNAP programs moving into the next year.

Health outcomes and influences

Mississippi has a longstanding problem with obe

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