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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program as a health intervention. [PDF]

Curr Opin Pediatr, 2023
Purpose of review In 2020, obesity prevalence among US children reached 19.7%, impacting about 14.7 million children and adolescents. Food insecurity among children is also a public health concern but has largely decreased or remained stable over the past decade, reaching 6.2% of US households with children in 2021.
Mande J, Flaherty G.
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The US Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – Education improves nutrition-related behaviors [PDF]

Journal of Nutritional Science, 2020
The aim of this study was to measure whether participating in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – Education (SNAP-Ed) interventions is associated with changes in meeting recommendations for healthy eating and food resource management behaviours ...
Suzanne Ryan-Ibarra, Amy DeLisio, Heejung Bang, Omolola Adedokun, Vibha Bhargava, Karen Franck, Katie Funderburk, Jung Sun Lee, Sondra Parmer, Christopher Sneed   +9 more
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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Policies and Food Insecurity.

JAMA Health Forum
Importance Food insecurity (FI) is associated with poor health and has risen in the US. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the largest US food-purchasing assistance program. Policies related to eligibility assessment and administrative burden that impact SNAP participation vary between ...
Potluri S, Venkataramani AS, Lorch SA, Illenberger N, Khatana SAM.   +4 more
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The supplemental nutrition assistance program and older adults: A scoping review protocol. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
ObjectiveThe objective of this scoping review is to describe the scope of original published research on SNAP and older adults.IntroductionFood insecurity among older adults in the United States is a significant public health issue.
Jessica Soldavini
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Participant Support for Changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

JAMA Health Forum
This cross-sectional study reports participant attitudes regarding 11 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program policies and stratified by self-reported political affiliation.
Hatton CR, Wolfson JA, Uriarte A, Leung CW.   +3 more
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Characteristics of state waivers to establish nutritional restrictions in the supplemental nutrition assistance program. [PDF]

Health Aff Sch
Abstract Introduction States have previously requested permission from the US Department of Agricultureto implement food item restrictions within the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), though these proposals were previously rejected.
Chrisinger BW.
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Nutritional profile of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program household food and beverage purchases. [PDF]

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2017
Background The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the largest federal nutrition assistance program in the United States, and, accordingly, there is considerable interest in participants' diets.
Lindsey Smith Taillie, Anna H Grummon
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Combined participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Head Start is associated with healthy household dietary environments for young children in low-income families [PDF]

Public Health Nutrition
Objective: To compare the association of participation in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) alone v. in combination with Head Start (HS), Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) or both on household ...
Tirna Purkait, Dipti A Dev, Natalie Koziol, Lisa Franzen-Castle, Virginia C Stage, Alison Tovar   +5 more
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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Adherence to Antihypertensive Medications.

JAMA Netw Open
ImportanceNonadherence to antihypertensive medications is associated with uncontrolled blood pressure, higher mortality rates, and increased health care costs, and food insecurity is one of the modifiable medication nonadherence risk factors. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), a social intervention program for addressing food ...
Islam MM, Oyarzun-Gonzalez X, Bose-Brill S, Donneyong MM.   +3 more
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Impact of county and state immigration policies on immigrant household enrollment in the supplemental nutrition assistance program [PDF]

Journal of Migration and Health
Introduction: Low-income immigrants who are eligible to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participate at lower rates compared to non-immigrants. Immigrant households may be more likely to participate in SNAP if they live
Sofia Argibay, Amy H. Auchincloss, M. Pia Chaparro, Caroline Kravitz, Alexandra Eastus, Brent A. Langellier   +5 more
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