ArticleSocial science & medicine (1982)2017
Re-evaluating associations between the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participation and body mass index in the context of unmeasured confounders.
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- Association Between Receipt of a Medically Tailored Meal Program and Health Care Use.JAMA internal medicine · 2019Article
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- In an unhealthy food system, what role should SNAP play?PLoS medicine · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the association between participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and body mass index (BMI) in the presence of unmeasured confounding.
methodsWe applied new matching methods to determine whether previous reports of associations between SNAP participation and BMI were robust to unmeasured confounders. We applied near-far matching, which strengthens standard matching by combining it with instrumental variables analysis, to the nationally-representative National Household Food Acquisition and Purchasing Survey (FoodAPS, N = 10,360, years 2012-13).
resultsIn ordinary least squares regressions controlling for individual demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, SNAP was associated with increased BMI (+1.23 kg/m
conclusionsPrevious reports of an association between SNAP and obesity should be viewed with caution, and use of near-far matching may assist similar assessments of health effects of social programs.
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