Dietary Quality of Americans by Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation Status
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منابع مشابه
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...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Preventive Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0749-3797
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2015.04.035