Associations of food stamp participation with dietary quality and obesity in children

Pediatrics

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 463-472

  Leung, Cindy W ^a,b   Blumenthal, Susan J ^c,g   Hoffnagle, Elena E ^c   Jensen, Helen H ^d   Foerster, Susan B ^c   Nestle, Marion ^e   Cheung, Lilian W Y ^a   Mozaffarian, Dariush ^b   Willett, Walter C ^b,f  

^a Department of Nutrition ^*  (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress   (United States)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Diet quality; Food Stamps; Nutrition; Supplemental nutrition assistance program

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FOLIC ACID; IRON; POTASSIUM; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SODIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTERNATE HEALTHY EATING INDEX SCORE; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CALCIUM INTAKE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD QUALITY; FRUIT; GRAIN; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTHY EATING INDEX 2005 SCORE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IRON INTAKE; LEGUME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MACRONUTRIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; NUT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PLANT SEED; POTASSIUM INTAKE; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SODIUM INTAKE; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD ASSISTANCE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; OBESITY; POVERTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874593363     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-0889     Document Type: Article

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