Bite by Bite: Nutrition for Life
Bite by Bite: Nutrition for Life
Purdue University Extension - Health & Human Sciences
Inside Indiana’s ‘Make Indiana Healthy Again’ Executive Orders
1 hour 5 minutes Posted Nov 26, 2025 at 5:00 am.
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In this episode of Bite by Bite: Nutrition for Life, Tonya and Monica dig into key elements of Mike Braun’s “Make Indiana Healthy Again” initiative, nine executive orders signed in April 2025 that chart a new path for nutrition, public health, and welfare policy in Indiana.

The changes to the state’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) rules, a plan to ban candy and soft drinks from SNAP purchases.

  • Efforts to tackle diet-related chronic disease via increased transparency around food dyes and additives, a comprehensive study of diet-based illness, and improved access to local farm-to-consumer foods.