The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Financial Stress, and Childhood Obesity

Supplemental nutrition assistance program participation and child food security.

OBJECTIVE This article investigates the association between Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation and child food security by using data from the largest national survey of the food security of SNAP participants to date. METHODS The analysis used a survey of nearly 3000 households with children and a quasi-experimental research design that consisted of 2 sets of compar...

Shopping pattern and food purchase differences among Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) households and Non-supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program households in the United States

•SNAP households are influenced by proximity to stores in predicting store choice.•Store choice among SNAP households predicted beverage purchases.•SNAP households are more likely to purchase sugar-sweetened beverages at supercenters and convenience stores.

The Impact of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Acculturation on Obesity among Adult Immigrant Groups in the United States

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation and Local Program Outreach and Eligibility Services

Program outreach activities are integral components of social welfare programs, but the relationship between availability of outreach services and households’ program participation has not been examined due to lack of data on outreach efforts. This study uses a unique, nationally representative, matched household-agency data set of more than 21,000 households from 2009 to examine relationships ...

Policy Considerations for Improving the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Making a Case for Decreasing the Burden of Obesity

The epidemic of overweight and obesity and its multiple causes have captured the attention of researchers, program administrators, politicians, and the public alike. Recently, a number of stakeholder groups have started investigating the role that food and nutrition assistance programs may play in the etiology of the problem and in identifying possible solutions. As a result, policy changes hav...