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Access to Affordable, Nutritious Food Is Limited in “Food Deserts”
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ver Ploeg,   Michele.
A small percentage of U.S. households live in “food deserts,” where access to a supermarket or large grocery store is a problem. Low-income households often leave food deserts to shop where food prices are lower. Business costs, along with characteristics of potential customers, affect where stores locate.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122142

Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs and Obesity:  1976-2002
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ver Ploeg,   Michele; Mancino,   Lisa; Lin,   Biing-Hwan.
The Food Stamp Program and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) address poor nutrition among low-income adults, infants, and children in the United States. Higher rates of obesity among the populations these programs serve have led to concern that the programs may, ironically, contribute to the problem. To analyze the relationships between program participation and body weight, the study used cross-sectional data spanning the period 1976-2002. The authors compared participants with nonparticipants subdivided into three income categories: income-eligible for food and nutrition assistance, moderate income, and higher income. Results were most striking for adult women receiving food stamps. The most recent data...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food and nutrition assistance programs; Food stamps; WIC; Overweight; Obesity; Body Mass Index; Weight trends; National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55965

Food Stamps and Obesity:  What Do We Know?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ver Ploeg,   Michele; Ralston,   Katherine L.
Results from reviewed studies indicate that for most participants in the Food Stamp Program—children, nonelderly men, and the elderly—use of food stamp benefits does not result in an increase in either Body Mass Index (BMI) or the likelihood of being overweight or obese. However, for nonelderly women, who account for 28 percent of the food stamp caseload, some evidence suggests that participation in the Food Stamp Program may increase BMI and the probability of obesity. Different results for age and sex subgroups remain unexplained. Further, because food stamp benefits are issued to households, not individuals, mixed results across age and sex subgroups make it difficult to target policy alternatives to address potential weight gain among some participants...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food Stamp Program; Obesity; Body Mass Index.; Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58640

Can Food Stamps Do More to Improve Food Choices?  An Economic Perspectives--Overview:  Can Food Stamps Do More To Improve Food Choices?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Guthrie,   Joanne F.; Lin,   Biing-Hwan; Ver Ploeg,   Michele; Frazao,   Elizabeth.
The increased food purchasing power offered by the Food Stamp Program can promote food security and improve the overall economic well-being of low-income households. Now, as Americans struggle with obesity and other diet-related health problems, there is interest in whether the program can be more effective in encouraging participants to make healthy food choices. ERS has compiled economic research to provide decisionmakers with information on the likely effects of various proposed strategies for improving the food choices of food stamp program participants. This overview summarizes the findings, which are presented in more detail in a series of individual briefs.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food Stamp Program; Food consumption; Food prices; Food expenditures; Nutrition education; Behavioral economics; Food choices; Diet; Health; Fruits and vegetables; Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program; FANRP; ERS; USDA; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59422

WIC and the Battle Against Childhood Overweight
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ver Ploeg,   Michele.
One of the most worrisome aspects of the growing tide of obesity in the United States is the high rate of overweight among children. Over one in five young children, ages 2 to 5, are at risk of being overweight. The number of children at risk of being overweight has grown in the past two decades, as has the number of young children whose families participate in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Are these increases connected? The answer appears to be “No.” However, being from a low-income family, especially a low-income, Mexican-American family, does raise the probability of a child’s being at risk for overweight. This brief examines trends in the relationship between WIC participation and weight status by...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: WIC; Children; Body Mass Index; Overweight; ERS; USDA; Agricultural and Food Policy; Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58993

Retail Wastelands: Characteristics and Influential Factors of Food Deserts
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dutko,   Paula; Ver Ploeg,   Michele; Farrigan,   Tracey L.
Applying a census tract-level definition of food deserts, areas with limited access to affordable and healthy food, ERS has identified over 6,500 food desert tracts in the U.S. based on data from the 2000 Census of the Population. In this report, we examine the socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of these tracts to see how they differ from other tracts. We describe the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of food desert census tracts compared with all other census tracts and how these tract characteristics have changed over time. Then, using multivariate logit analysis and data from the 1990 Census and 2000 Census, we attempt to isolate which characteristics separate food desert tracts from other low-income census tracts, to help...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123201

Did the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Increase in SNAP Benefits Reduce the Impact of Food Deserts?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Andrews,   Margaret S.; Bhatta,   Rhea; Ver Ploeg,   Michele.
Public policy discussion of the problem of food deserts has concentrated on proximity to retail food stores providing nutritious, affordable foods. Because they offer a wide array of healthful products at lower prices, physical access to a supermarket or supercenter has come to be the standard of adequacy. Less attention has been given to how economic incentives influence access to retail food stores in the wider food environment. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) enacted a sizable increase in SNAP benefits effective April 2009. Though the primary purpose of the increase was to stimulate the economy, we argue that it had a secondary effect of encouraging SNAP participants to redeem more of their benefits at larger, lower-priced retailers....
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123520

Food Stamps and Obesity: What We Know and What It Means
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ver Ploeg,   Michele; Ralston,   Katherine L.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122955

Food Environment, Food Store Access, Consumer Behavior, and Diet
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ver Ploeg,   Michele.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Environment; Food Deserts; Obesity; Consumer Behavior; Diet; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; I18; R50.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95748

Can Food Stamps Do More to Improve Food Choices? An Economic Perspective
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Guthrie,   Joanne F.; Andrews,   Margaret S.; Frazao,   Elizabeth; Leibtag,   Ephraim S.; Lin,   Biing-Hwan; Mancino,   Lisa; Nord,   Mark; Prell,   Mark A.; Smallwood,   David M.; Variyam,   Jayachandran N.; Ver Ploeg,   Michele.
Food stamp recipients, like other Americans, struggle with nutrition problems associated with choice of foods, as well as amounts. This series of Economic Information Bulletins compiles evidence to help answer the question of whether the Food Stamp Program can do more to improve the food choices of participants. It examines the role of affordability and price of healthful foods in influencing food choices and the likely success of any policy targeted at changing food choices through food stamp bonuses or restrictions. It also examines other approaches to changing food choices, including nutrition education and potential strategies drawn from behavioral economics literature. Meaningful improvements in the diets of food stamp recipients will likely depend on...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food Stamp Program; Food consumption; Food prices; Food expenditures; Nutrition education; Behavioral economics; Food choices; Diet; Health; Fruits and vegetables; Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program; FANRP; ERS; USDA; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59417

Changing Participation in Food Assistance Programs Among Low-Income Children After Welfare Reform
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Todd,   Jessica E.; Newman,   Constance; Ver Ploeg,   Michele.
In 1996, the safety net for poor households with children fundamentally changed when Federal legislation replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). This study investigates participation in, and benefits received from, AFDC/TANF and food assistance programs, before and after the legislation, for children in low-income households (income below 300 percent of the Federal poverty line). The results show that, between 1990 and 2004, the share of children receiving food stamp benefits declined, most notably among children in the poorest households (income below 50 percent of the Federal poverty line). The share of children receiving benefits from the school meals programs and the Special...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food Stamp Program; SNAP; Food assistance; Welfare reform; WIC; School meals; National School Lunch Program; School Breakfast Program; TANF; AFDC; Multiple program use; Survey of Income and Program Participation; Public Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58613

WIC Not Linked to Overweight in Children
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ver Ploeg,   Michele.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122567

Mapping Food Deserts in the U.S.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ver Ploeg,   Michele; Nulph,   David; Williams,   Ryan Blake.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120966