And because they had had uncertainty, they tended to overeat, and if they ate out of anxiety--not having full comfort that there would always be plenty of food for them there, they might attend a feast or gorge themselves in those times--she argued if we would just give everybody 46 percent more food stamps, people wouldn't have this food anxiety, and they would eat less, and we would solve this human obesity problem, at least improve it, by providing food stamps for people. Now, here I am sitting in the United States Congress, highest level in the land or the world, for that matter, and I'm listening to a witness begin to tell us why we should expand food stamps. And her argument is if we give people more food, they won't be as fat.…
Steve King: “And because they had had uncertainty, they tended to overeat, and if they ate out of anxiety--not having full comfort…”
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The speaker discusses a witness's argument for increasing food stamps to address food anxiety and obesity.
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