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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Financial Stress, and Childhood Obesity
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| Autores: |
Burgstahler, Rebecca
Gundersen, Craig
Garasky, Steven B.
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| Data: |
2012-05-08
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| Ano: |
2012
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| Palavras-chave: |
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
Food Stamp Program
Financial stress
Childhood obesity
Poverty
Nutrition
Consumer/Household Economics
Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
Food Security and Poverty
Health Economics and Policy
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| Resumo: |
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the largest nutritional assistance program addressing food insecurity in the United States. Due to the program’s reach, SNAP has been called upon to address other nutrition-related challenges facing low-income Americans, including childhood obesity. This study considers the effect of SNAP participation on child weight outcomes after controlling for household financial stress, an important determinant of child overweight status that disproportionately affects low-income households. Using data from the Survey of Household Finances and Childhood Obesity and instrumental variable methods, we find that SNAP participation is negatively associated with obesity among eligible children.
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| Tipo: |
Article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://purl.umn.edu/123311
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| Relação: |
Agricultural and Resource Economics Review> Volume 41, Number 1, April 2012
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| Formato: |
14
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