Enrollment in SNAP Does Not Substantially Improve Food Security or Dietary Quality (AUDIO)

Elsevier Health Sciences

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Lead investigator Eric Rimm, Harvard School of Public Health, Sc.D., discusses a new study indicating that after participating in SNAP for a few months, a substantial proportion of SNAP participants still reported marginal, low, or very low food security, which suggests that SNAP could do more to adequately address the problem of food insecurity.

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<I>Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior</I>

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