This year, 22 states across the country are changing what people on food assistance can buy with their benefits.

The new rules are meant to cut out sugary foods and drinks, a central focus of the Make America Healthy Again movement.

But advocates fear they could cut down on what food is available for those in need.

Stephanie Sy, traveled to Texas, which just introduced its ban to learn how these new cuts will affect businesses and families.

At this modest house in Garland, Texas, a line stretches out the door and down the sidewalk.

Hi, how are you?

Every weekday, Good Samaritans of Garland welcomes around 300 families to its food pantry.

Food is what brings them in, because that's the first thing you think of.

Hunger is what takes over your mind and your body.

Sarah Kennefeck is the pantry's executive director.

She says many here depend on the federal government supplemental nutrition assistance program

or SNAP to buy groceries.

But it's not enough, so they come here.

In Texas, the average SNAP recipient receives $6 per day.

I mean, you just look at our economy.

Things are costing more money, but the other things are not changing.

The amount of money we make our minimum wage, our SNAP benefits, all of those things are not changing.

And as of this month, SNAP benefits in the Lone Star State can no longer be used for sweetened drinks like soda or items defined as candy.

Allowing states to introduce these types of bans is a pillar of health secretary Robert F. Kennedy

Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again Agenda.

We're not giving our children good food. Taxpayer dollars should not be funding these injuries

to our children. And we pay for it twice. We pay for it through the SNAP program, and we

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