BACKGROUND
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the largest federal nutrition assistance program. In recent years, SNAP participation rates increased during times of economic hardship.
OBJECTIVE
We examined whether household SNAP participation was associated with adiposity and metabolic risk factors in a representative sample of low… (More)
The effects of the Food Stamp Program on energy balance and obesity
JC Parks, AD Smith, JM. Alston
Australian Agricultural & Resource Economics…
2011
Assistance Program participation and costs
USDA. Supplemental Nutritio
Washington, DC: Food and Nutrition Service, USDA,
2010
Income, poverty, and health insurance coverage in the United States: 2009. Current Population Reports. Washington, DC: US Census Bureau, US Government Printing Office, 2010:60–238
C DeNavas-Walt, BD Proctor, JC. Smith
2010
participation SNAP
USDA. Curren
Washington, DC: Food and Nutrition Service, US…
2010
Does SNAP decrease food insecurity? Untangling the self-selection effect