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Can Food Stamps Do More to Improve Food Choices? An Economic Perspective--Making Healthy Food Choices Easier: Ideas From Behavioral Economics

Mancino, Lisa; Andrews, Margaret S. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2007

With obesity the most prevalent nutrition problem facing Americans at all economic levels, promoting diets that provide adequate nutrition without too many calories has become an important objective for the Food Stamp Program. Findings from behavioral economics suggest innovative, low-cost ways...

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Can Food Stamps Do More to Improve Food Choices? An Economic Perspective

Guthrie, Joanne F.; Andrews, Margaret S.; Frazao, Elizabeth - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2007

choices and health outcomes remains a challenge. …

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Can Food Stamps Do More to Improve Food Choices? An Economic Perspective-Food Spending Patterns of Low-Income Households: Will Increasing Purchasing Power Result in Healthier Food...

Frazao, Elizabeth; Andrews, Margaret S.; Smallwood, David M. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2007

The Food Stamp Program provides benefits that low-income households can use to purchase food in grocery stores. The rise in obesity has raised the question of whether food stamp participants would purchase more healthy foods, such as fruits and vegetables, if food stamp benefits were higher....

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Health Status and Health Care Access of Farm and Rural Populations

Jones, Carol Adaire; Parker, Timothy S.; Ahearn, Mary Clare - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2009

counterparts, though mortality and disability rates vary more by region than by metro status. Contributing negatively to the health … levels of physical activity. Contributing negatively to the health status of farmers are the high risks from workplace … populations experience lower access to health care along the dimensions of affordability, proximity, and quality, compared with …

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Can Food Stamps Do More to Improve Food Choices? An Economic Perspective--Higher Cost of Food in Some Areas May Affect Food Stamp Households' Ability To Make Healthy Food Choices

Nord, Mark; Hopwood, Heather - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2007

The cost of “enough food,” estimated from the amount that low- and medium-income households in a geographic area report needing to spend to just meet their food needs, differs substantially across States and among metropolitan areas. In areas with high food costs, many food-stamp recipients...

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Can Food Stamps Do More to Improve Food Choices? An Economic Perspective-Stretching the Food Stamp Dollar: Regional Price Differences Affect Affordability of Food

Leibtag, Ephraim S. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2007

Significant regional differences in food prices affect how far food stamp benefits can go toward enhancing the diet of low-income consumers in a given region. In regions where average food prices exceed the national average, food stamp benefits may not provide the same level of coverage as the...

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Can Food Stamps Do More to Improve Food Choices? An Economic Perspectives--Overview: Can Food Stamps Do More To Improve Food Choices?

Guthrie, Joanne F.; Lin, Biing-Hwan; Ver Ploeg, Michele; … - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2007

economic well-being of low-income households. Now, as Americans struggle with obesity and other diet-related health problems …

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Can Food Stamps Do More to Improve Food Choices? An Economic Perspective-How Do Low-Income Households Respond to Food Prices

Lin, Biing-Hwan; Guthrie, Joanne F. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2007

This brief examines how consumers respond to food prices and how consumers’ response to price influences their purchases of particular foods, using examples drawn from previous ERS research. Implications of the findings for the use of price interventions to improve food choices are considered.

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Can Food Stamps Do More to Improve Food Choices? An Economic Perspective-Nutrition Information: Can It Improve the Diets of Low-Income Households?

Guthrie, Joanne F.; Variyam, Jayachandran N. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2007

, diet quality, and health of program participants. This brief discusses the FSNE program, how it operates, and how it has …

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Can Food Stamps Do More to Improve Food Choices? An Economic Perspective--How Can We Tell If We Are Making a Difference? ERS Efforts To Improve Evaluation of Nutrition Outcomes

Frazao, Elizabeth; Guthrie, Joanne F.; Smallwood, David M. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2007

of much debate. Improved evaluation of the nutrition and health effects of the program would be of use to program and …

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