Supplemental nutrition assistance program participation is associated with an increase in household food security in a national evaluation

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 344-351

  Mabli, James ^a   Ohls, Jim ^a  

^a MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Food stamps; Household food security; Nutrition assistance; Program participation; SNAP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD ASSISTANCE; FOOD INSECURITY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; WELLBEING; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; CATERING SERVICE; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; HUNGER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD ASSISTANCE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; HUNGER; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922176623     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.114.198697     Document Type: Article

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