Children from lower income households have a greater risk of being obese. Low-income families generally have less access to healthy, affordable food choices and turn to federal food assistance programs. Few studies have examined the impact of food assistance programs on childhood obesity rates. This...
US Food assistance programs and trends in children's weight Objectives. High rates of overweight and obesity among low-income children have led some to question whether participation in US domestic food assistance p... MV Ploeg,L Mancino,BH Lin,... - 《International Journal of Pediatric Obesity...
Symposium : Food Assistance and the Well-Being of Low-Income Families Food Stamp Program Participation Is Associated with Better Academic Learning Among Sc... Symposium : Food Assistance and the Well-Being of Low-Income Families Food Stamp Program Participation Is Associated with Better Academic ...
aka SNAP, is a food assistance program. Families are allotted a certain amount of benefits that can be used to buy food. Another program is the state health insurance program. Families with children who do not have health
Cash aid and food assistance are the next largest categories, with food assistance seeing the largest growth over the six-year period. Other categories (in descending size) are education, housing and development, social services, employment and training, and energy assistance. Most low-income ...
Food Security in the U.S. Overview. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/food-security-in-the-u-s/. Google Scholar Edin et al., 2003 P.-A. Edin, P. Fredriksson, O. Åslund Ethnic enclaves and the ...
Thirty-six women, aged 19–50, who were eligible to receive income-based assistance were recruited in central Iowa. Focus group discussions on defining healthy foods, influences on food choice, and nutrition information sources were analyzed using a socioecological model framework. Demographics, ...
Seventy-six white and black low-income families were interviewed weekly during 1 month to determine how much they spent on food using Food Stamps, WIC coupons, and cash and how much additional food they obtained from different food and meals programs. After families had received their public as...
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill developed a model to simulate what would happen if national-level taxes on less-healthy, ultra-processed foods and beverages were used to fund subsidies for low-income households participating in food assistance programs to spend on mini...
Conclusion : These findings suggest an association between child level food insecurity and iron deficiency anemia, a clinically important health indicator with known negative cognitive, behavioral and health consequences. Cuts in spending on food assistance programs that address children's food insecurity ...