Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Friday that states will be granted waivers to ban soda from the federal food stamp program.

West Virginia on Friday began implementing Mr. Kennedy’s “Make America Healthy Again” agenda, announcing it will seek permission to block food stamp recipients in the state from using their benefits to purchase sugary sodas and will increase the program’s work and educational training requirements.

Mr. Kennedy appeared in Martinsburg alongside West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey. Mr. Kennedy announced he would sign waivers permitting the state to become the first in the nation to enforce new standards for the food stamp program, formally called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP.

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