Background Studies on the health effect of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) cognitive older adults are scarce. In this study, we examined associations SNAP use and memory function trajectories among US adults. Method Our sample included 3,555 SNAP-eligible participants (aged 50+) from 1996 Health Retirement Study survey, whom 559 were users 2,996 non-users. eligibility was const...

J r a s o r r d t p s The British epidemiologist Geoffrey Rose wrote that “mass diseases andmass exposures needmass remedies.”Whenhealth problemsbecome soprevalent that large segmentsofapopulationhave them, theycanstem only from social and environmental causes and can be solved only by policy and environmental solutions. The epidemic of obesity clearly falls in this category. Two thirds of Amer...

Low-income households often have less nutritious diets when compared to their wealthier counterparts due to decisions maximizing calories and minimizing costs. However, current research has not focused on whether gaps in nutritional intakes between different income groups have widened during periods of higher unemployment or whether food assistance programs protect the poor during these times. ...

BackgroundLittle is known about the ways in which evidence-based interventions with established behavior outcomes may have prepared participants coping changes to shopping, cooking, and eating during COVID-19 pandemic.ObjectiveThis project assesses extent maintained health behaviors after nutrition education how program learnings informed strategies cope pandemic.Study Design, Setting, Particip...

ObjectiveThe objectives of this study are twofold. For objective one, the effect adult-focused direct Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) on child dietary quality and household food security determined using a longitudinal (one-year) randomized, waitlist controlled, SNAP-Ed intervention comprising four core lessons to fulfill Plan Guidance with recruitment expectation ...