In the USA, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)—the nation's largest anti-hunger programme—serves more than 40 million individuals and is undergoing unprecedented retrenchment. In July, 2025, policy makers enacted the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1), which reduces SNAP funding by US$186 billion over the next decade—the steepest cuts in the programme's history.1,2 Approximately 4 million people are expected to lose SNAP benefits or experience reductions in monthly support.