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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008509148
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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
The Food Stamp Nutrition Education (FSNE) component of the Food Stamp Program is intended to improve the food choices, diet quality, and health of program participants. This brief discusses the FSNE program, how it operates, and how it has grown over time. The brief also considers the challenges...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519032
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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
Currently, the effects of the Food Stamp Program on the food choices and diet quality of participants are the subject of much debate. Improved evaluation of the nutrition and health effects of the program would be of use to program and policy officials, but most of the existing research is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519042
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Paperless Food Assistance: The Impact of Electronic Benefits on Program Participation
Atasoy, Sibel; Mills, Bradford F.; Parmeter, Christopher F. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020420
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The Dynamics of Food Stamp Program Participation: A Lagged Dependent Variable Approach
Atasoy, Sibel; Mills, Bradford F.; Parmeter, Christopher F. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
This paper investigates the existence of Food Stamp Program (FSP) participation state dependence and its sources in by analyzing the dynamics of participation in the FSP using a lagged dependent variable approach. Results show that FSP receipt in the previous year is an important determinant of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020854
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Household Food Security in the United States in 2011
Coleman-Jensen, Alisha; Nord, Mark; Andrews, Margaret S.; … - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2011
An estimated 85.1 percent of American households were food secure throughout the entire year in 2011, meaning that they had access at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members. The remaining households (14.9 percent) were food insecure at least some time...
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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Financial Stress, and Childhood Obesity
Burgstahler, Rebecca; Gundersen, Craig; Garasky, Steven B. - In: Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 41 (2012) 1
-related challenges facing low-income Americans, including childhood obesity. This study considers the effect of SNAP participation on … Obesity and instrumental variable methods, we find that SNAP participation is negatively associated with obesity among …
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Nutrigenomics Hypothesis: Examining the Association Between Food Stamp Program Participation and Bodyweight Among Low-Income Women
Chen, Zhuo; Zhang, Qi - In: Journal of Family and Economic Issues 32 (2011) 3, pp. 508-520
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009327592
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Do Food Stamps Contribute to Obesity in Low-Income Women? Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979
Fan, Maoyong - Department of Economics, Ball State University - 2010
than are nonparticipants. This paper estimates the effects of food stamp benefits on obesity, overweight and body mass … index (BMI) of low-income women. Contrary to previous results, we find little evidence that the FSP causes obesity … comparison groups carefully, there is little evidence that food stamps are responsible for higher BMI or obesity in female …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008540803
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Prices of Unhealthy Foods, Food Stamp Program Participation, and Body Weight Status Among U.S. Low-Income Women
Zhang, Qi; Chen, Zhuo; Diawara, Norou; Wang, Youfa - In: Journal of Family and Economic Issues 32 (2011) 2, pp. 245-256
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009150388