The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Food Insecurity, Dietary Quality, and Obesity Among US Adults
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Dietary intake and dietary quality of low-income adults in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
BACKGROUND The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) aims to alleviate hunger among its beneficiaries by providing benefits to purchase nutritious foods. OBJECTIVE We conducted a comprehensive dietary analysis of low-income adults and examined differences in dietary intake between SNAP participants and nonparticipants. DESIGN The study population comprised 3835 nonelderly adults ...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2015.302580