The Thrifty Food Plan Is Not Thrifty When Labor Cost Is Considered
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The Thrifty Food Plan is not thrifty when labor cost is considered.
Recent research has shown that the typical Supplemental Food Assistance Program (SNAP) family falls short in meeting the Thrifty Food Plan (TFP) nutritional guidelines that underlie the SNAP even when they typically have sufficient monetary resources to eat a healthful diet (i.e. to follow the TFP recommendations). However, the TFP does not consider labor cost. This study uses a basic labor eco...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Nutrition
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0022-3166,1541-6100
DOI: 10.3945/jn.109.119594