Senator Bill Frist
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and the health, the burdens of disease, and the sort of quality of lives we're going to live. So it really starts from the private sector all the way up to the public sector, and you don't have to be a politician to participate in the public sector.
It is. It is. And again, you've written so much about it, but you know, the food stamp program of the 1960s, a program that you've written about is, was mainly, you know, can people afford the food and let's just get them food. Let's just get them calories and some protein, but let's get them calories.
It is. It is. And again, you've written so much about it, but you know, the food stamp program of the 1960s, a program that you've written about is, was mainly, you know, can people afford the food and let's just get them food. Let's just get them calories and some protein, but let's get them calories.
It is. It is. And again, you've written so much about it, but you know, the food stamp program of the 1960s, a program that you've written about is, was mainly, you know, can people afford the food and let's just get them food. Let's just get them calories and some protein, but let's get them calories.
And then in the seventies, when, when sort of, I was coming through in the medical school, in medical school, we first began to say, well, that's not going to be enough, but we really need to start looking to sort of better nutrition, but it took another, 15 years to a healthier food and not just any food.
And then in the seventies, when, when sort of, I was coming through in the medical school, in medical school, we first began to say, well, that's not going to be enough, but we really need to start looking to sort of better nutrition, but it took another, 15 years to a healthier food and not just any food.
And then in the seventies, when, when sort of, I was coming through in the medical school, in medical school, we first began to say, well, that's not going to be enough, but we really need to start looking to sort of better nutrition, but it took another, 15 years to a healthier food and not just any food.
But it took another 15 years, really, and the SNAP actually became SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Program, after I left the Senate. But the fact that nutrition was put in the title, that was good. But then it took another five or six years before people say, what does nutrition really mean? And I think the SNAP, the Bipartisan Policy Center report that you mentioned, basically said three things.
But it took another 15 years, really, and the SNAP actually became SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Program, after I left the Senate. But the fact that nutrition was put in the title, that was good. But then it took another five or six years before people say, what does nutrition really mean? And I think the SNAP, the Bipartisan Policy Center report that you mentioned, basically said three things.
But it took another 15 years, really, and the SNAP actually became SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Program, after I left the Senate. But the fact that nutrition was put in the title, that was good. But then it took another five or six years before people say, what does nutrition really mean? And I think the SNAP, the Bipartisan Policy Center report that you mentioned, basically said three things.
Instead of taking the big policy issue and just arguing for it, it said, let's take three things. Number one, that food is medicine and healthy food has to be an objective of SNAP. That wasn't the objective back in the 60s. So do that, number one. Number two, sugary beverages.
Instead of taking the big policy issue and just arguing for it, it said, let's take three things. Number one, that food is medicine and healthy food has to be an objective of SNAP. That wasn't the objective back in the 60s. So do that, number one. Number two, sugary beverages.
Instead of taking the big policy issue and just arguing for it, it said, let's take three things. Number one, that food is medicine and healthy food has to be an objective of SNAP. That wasn't the objective back in the 60s. So do that, number one. Number two, sugary beverages.
We know, science, you've known for a long time, but for the last eight years, we know there's probably the number one killer out there today in terms of when you look at metabolic disorder. That's just so prominent, and I'm exaggerating a little bit and oversimplifying. But we made that number two.
We know, science, you've known for a long time, but for the last eight years, we know there's probably the number one killer out there today in terms of when you look at metabolic disorder. That's just so prominent, and I'm exaggerating a little bit and oversimplifying. But we made that number two.
We know, science, you've known for a long time, but for the last eight years, we know there's probably the number one killer out there today in terms of when you look at metabolic disorder. That's just so prominent, and I'm exaggerating a little bit and oversimplifying. But we made that number two.
And then number three, in that just one report, and that one report goes to the 450 sort of policymakers out there, the United States Congress. We made the healthy reading in terms of fruits and vegetables and to lower making them both affordable, but also in the SNAP program itself. So we focused on all that. We took it.
And then number three, in that just one report, and that one report goes to the 450 sort of policymakers out there, the United States Congress. We made the healthy reading in terms of fruits and vegetables and to lower making them both affordable, but also in the SNAP program itself. So we focused on all that. We took it.
And then number three, in that just one report, and that one report goes to the 450 sort of policymakers out there, the United States Congress. We made the healthy reading in terms of fruits and vegetables and to lower making them both affordable, but also in the SNAP program itself. So we focused on all that. We took it.
Now, that's not because of that report, but obviously the Obama administration came in, made huge progress. We have, based on the science, And that's been evaluated. The health, the metabolic conditions are probably 40% healthier, some reports say, than we did with the old SNAP program. And now you have President Trump coming in trying to roll that back.