Few changes in food security and dietary intake from short-term participation in the supplemental nutrition assistance program among low-income massachusetts adults

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 68-74

  Leung, Cindy W ^a   Cluggish, Sarah ^b   Villamor, Eduardo ^c,d   Catalano, Paul J ^c,e   Willett, Walter C ^c,f   Rimm, Eric B ^c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Project Bread/The Walk for Hunger   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternate Healthy Eating Index; Diet quality; Food security; Food stamps; Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATE HEALTHY EATING INDEX; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; DIET; DIET QUALITY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FOOD ASSISTANCE; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ALTERNATE HEALTHY EATING INDEX; DIET QUALITY; FOOD SECURITY; FOOD STAMPS; SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD ASSISTANCE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890868153     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2013.10.001     Document Type: Article

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