Supplemental nutrition assistance program and body weight outcomes: The role of economic contextual factors

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1874-1881

  Han, Euna ^a   Powell, Lisa M ^b   Isgor, Zeynep ^b  

^a Gachon University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index (BMI); Economic contextual factors; Supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP); United States

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; FOOD AID; FOOD SUPPLY; NUTRITION; PANEL DATA; POVERTY; WEIGHT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD SERVICES; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POVERTY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860488314     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.02.032     Document Type: Article

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