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SNAP, WIC, Low-Income Families, Fruits & Vegetables and Food Security : An Investigation of Food Purchasing Behaviors II
(2019-05)
Although fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption lowers risks for many chronic diseases, children/adults tend under-consume FV. Research suggests that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) households purchase fewer ...
SNAP, WIC, Low-Income Families, Fruits & Vegetables and Food Security : An Investigation of Food Purchasing Behaviors III
(2019-05)
The Women, Infants and Children Program (WIC) was established to increase access to healthy foods for low income women with children through benefits provided for targeted healthy foods. The WIC food package was revised ...
SNAP, WIC, Low-Income Families, Fruits & Vegetables and Food Security : An Investigation of Food Purchasing Behaviors I
(2019-05)
Despite research showing fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption reduces the risk of a variety of chronic diseases, low FV intake in the United States among both children and adults persists. Thus, increasing FV consumption ...
Examining the Impact of Access and Encouragement on Consumption in an Elementary School Vegetable Snack Program
(2018-01-09)
Given our study design explained on the previous poster, we now present results of our analyses. This poster provides both graphical and statistical comparisons of vegetable consumption across intervention conditions (no ...
Tracking the Use of Free Fruit and Vegetable Coupons Given to Families and Assessing the Impact on Children’s Consumption
(2017-03-02)
Many American communities are lacking healthy options when it comes to children’s nutrition. Poor nutrition in childhood can lead to obesity, which persists into adulthood and is linked to several chronic diseases including ...
Using Regression Analysis to Analyze Consumption Effects from an Elementary School Vegetable Snack Program
(2018-01-09)
This poster builds on the previous two posters using the same data to further investigate factors that influence children’s consumption of free vegetables served in school for afternoon snack. We present histograms of the ...
Designing and Implementing a Successful Elementary School Vegetable Snack Program
(2018-01-09)
Poor nutrition among American children, including low fruit and vegetable intake have contributed to rising rates of childhood obesity persisting into adulthood. Additionally, low intake of fruits and vegetables is correlated ...
SNAP, WIC, Low-Income Families, Fruits & Vegetables and Food Security : An Investigation of Food Purchasing Behaviors II
(2018-04)
Despite research showing fruit and vegetable consumption reduces the risk of a variety of chronic diseases, low fruit and vegetable intake among children persists. This study reports on data for SNAP purchases at three ...