Correlation Does Not Equal Causation

But there's still quite a disturbing correlation anyway between the counties in America that have the highest rates of food stamp usage and the counties in America with the highest diabetes rates.

The poorest counties in central Alabama and Mississippi and eastern Kentucky along the Appalachians are in especially bad shape on both maps, as are reservation counties in the West.  The southern US in general has seen a major growth rate in both food stamps and diabetes.

There's a reason why plans by some states to ban buying high sugar sodas with food stamps is a good idea...and why financing the new Child Nutrition Bill by cutting money for food stamps down the road is such an awful one.