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Iowa leaders insist they’ll make poor kids healthier, even if some have to go hungry

by Ed Tibbetts, Iowa Capital Dispatch
June 26, 2026

Iowa is one of the most obese states in the nation.

We’re a leader in high cancer rates.

Our waterways are polluted.

We also drink too much, even as the state controls the sale of $400 million worth of booze a year. And takes a healthy cut of that money for itself.

Yet, Iowa leaders believe our population will be healthier if we make it harder for poor people to buy soda pop. Meanwhile, they shrug at the fact others guzzle it by the gallon.

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