Trial reportJournal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics2018
Participant Satisfaction with a Food Benefit Program with Restrictions and Incentives.
Trial report in Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of Inclusion of Food Purchase Restrictions and Incentives in a Food Benefit Program on Diet Quality and Food Purchasing: Results From a Randomized Trial.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2024Trial
- Perceptions of a food benefit programme that includes financial incentives for the purchase of fruits and vegetables and restrictions on the purchase of foods high in added sugar.Public health nutrition · 2022Trial
- Preferences for food vouchers among adults with low incomes.Journal of hunger & environmental nutrition · 2025Article
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- Stretch your SNAP: Stakeholder perspectives of a novel benefits program to enhance diet quality.Preventive medicine reports · 2024Article
- Experiences of conditional and unconditional cash transfers intended for improving health outcomes and health service use: a qualitative evidence synthesis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Review
- A qualitative analysis of SNAP and minimum wage policies as experienced by workers with lower incomes.Journal of hunger & environmental nutrition · 2022Article
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- Trends in cyclical food expenditures among low-income households receiving monthly nutrition assistance: results from a prospective study.Public health nutrition · 2021Article
- Within- and Between-Household Variation in Food Expenditures Among Low-Income Households Using a Novel Simple Annotated Receipt Method.Frontiers in nutrition · 2020Article
- Grocery Stores Are Not Associated with More Healthful Food for Participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundPolicy makers are considering changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Proposed changes include financially incentivizing the purchase of healthier foods and prohibiting the use of funds for purchasing foods high in added sugars. SNAP participant perspectives may be useful in understanding the consequences of these proposed changes.
objectiveTo determine whether food restrictions and/or incentives are acceptable to food benefit program participants.
designData were collected as part of an experimental trial in which lower-income adults were randomly assigned to one of four financial food benefit conditions: (1) Incentive: 30% financial incentive on eligible fruits and vegetables purchased using food benefits; (2) Restriction: not allowed to buy sugar-sweetened beverages, sweet baked goods, or candies with food benefits; (3) Incentive plus Restriction; or (4) Control: no incentive/restriction. Participants completed closed- and open-ended questions about their perceptions on completion of the 12-week program. PARTICIPANTS/
settingAdults eligible or nearly eligible for SNAP were recruited between 2013 and 2015 by means of events or flyers in the Minneapolis/St Paul, MN, metropolitan area. Of the 279 individuals who completed baseline measures, 265 completed follow-up measures and are included in these analyses. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: χ
resultsThere were no statistically significant or meaningful differences between experimental groups in satisfaction with the program elements evaluated in the study. Most participants in all conditions found the food program helpful in buying nutritious foods (94.1% to 98.5%) and in buying the kinds of foods they wanted (85.9% to 95.6%). Qualitative data suggested that most were supportive of restrictions, although a few were dissatisfied. Participants were uniformly supportive of incentives.
conclusionsFindings suggest a food benefit program that includes incentives for purchasing fruits and vegetables and/or restrictions on the use of program funds for purchasing foods high in added sugars appears to be acceptable to most participants.
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