State seeks to educate food-stamp recipients about fast food

State program allows those who don’t have the means to prepare their own meals, such as the homeless, to use their benefits at fast-food restaurant. Officials want to teach them to make healthful choices.

Anna Harrald likes to eat at Taco Bell because the hard-shell tacos are “nice and cheap and good.” From KFC and El Pollo Loco, the chicken she stores in a friend’s refrigerator will feed her for days.



L.A. Times – California | Local News

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