Rebates to Incentivize Healthy Nutrition Choices in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

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...

Shopping pattern and food purchase differences among Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) households and Non-supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program households in the United States

•SNAP households are influenced by proximity to stores in predicting store choice.•Store choice among SNAP households predicted beverage purchases.•SNAP households are more likely to purchase sugar-sweetened beverages at supercenters and convenience stores.

Expenditure Response to Increases in In–Kind Transfers: Evidence from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

Recent studies on food stamp participant households’ marginal propensity to spend out of food stamps versus income have had contradictory results: experimental studies have found household behavior aligns with standard economic theory where households’ marginal propensity to spend on food out of food stamps is equivalent to cash income; observational studies find that households have a larger m...

Nutrition Assistance Program Report Series

Public support for policies to improve the nutritional impact of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

OBJECTIVE To determine public attitudes towards federal spending on nutrition assistance programmes and support for policies to improve the nutritional impact of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). DESIGN Participants answered survey questions by telephone assessing support for SNAP spending and proposed programme policy changes. SETTING USA SUBJECTS Survey of 3024 adults ...