Policies and Reducing Cancer Cases and Disparity (IMAGE)

American Society for Nutrition

Policies and Reducing Cancer Cases and Disparity

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Reduction in cancer disparity is defined as the ratio of new cancer cases prevented per 1,000,000 among higher-income individuals to those of SNAP participants. A number greater than one corresponds to a greater number of new cancer cases being prevented among SNAP than higher-income individuals (reducing disparity); a number less than one corresponds to a smaller number of new cancer cases being prevented among SNAP than higher-income individuals (worsening disparity). All national food price policies meaningfully reduced cancer burdens, while SNAP-targeted food price policies, alone or in combination with national policies, reduced cancer disparities.

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Heesun Eom, Tufts University

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