Six more states signed a pledge to ban Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments from being used on sugary foods or drinks.

Hawaii, Missouri, North Dakota, South Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee signed the pledge, which the Trump administration has pushed as part of its “Make America Healthy Again” agenda, spearheaded specifically by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Agricultural Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the new expansion at a press conference alongside Kennedy and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz.

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