ArticlePublic health nutrition2018
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participation and racial/ethnic disparities in food and beverage purchases.
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- Estimating the potential impact of the Australian government's reformulation targets on household sugar purchases.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2021Article
- Between- and within-Group Differences in Fruit and Vegetable Purchases, Consumption, and BMI among Hispanic Farmers' Market Shoppers Who Use SNAP.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Racial Disparities in Obesity Treatment Among Children and Adolescents.Current obesity reports · 2021Review
- Estimating the potential impact of Australia's reformulation programme on households' sodium purchases.BMJ nutrition, prevention & health · 2021Article
- Obesity Risk Assessment Tool for Low-Income Spanish Speaking Immigrant Parents with Young Children: Validity with BMI and Biomarkers of Obesity.Nutrients · 2020Article
- Understanding the Intersection of Race/Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status, and Geographic Location: A Scoping Review of U.S. Consumer Food Purchasing.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Types and Amounts of Nonnutritive Sweeteners Purchased by US Households: A Comparison of 2002 and 2018 Nielsen Homescan Purchases.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2020Article
- Nutrition Disparities and Cardiovascular Health.Current atherosclerosis reports · 2020Review
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Abstract
objectiveThe current study aimed to (i) describe racial/ethnic disparities in household food and beverage purchases among participants and non-participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and (ii) examine longitudinal associations between SNAP participation and purchases by race/ethnicity.
designTo describe disparities, we estimated sociodemographic-adjusted mean purchases of seven unhealthy food and beverage groups (e.g. junk food, sugar-sweetened beverages) and four nutrients (e.g. sugar, Na) among white, black and Hispanic SNAP-participating and non-participating households. To examine longitudinal associations, we used multivariable linear regression with household fixed effects.
settingUSA, 2010-2014. SUBJECTS: Food and beverage purchases among low-income (≤250 % federal poverty line) US households (n 30 403) participating in the Nielsen Homescan Panel.
resultsAmong non-participants, there were significant black-white disparities (i.e. differences favouring white households) in households' adjusted mean purchases of processed meat, sweeteners, sugar-sweetened beverages, energy and Na. These disparities persisted among SNAP participants. In contrast, the only significant Hispanic-white disparity among non-participants was for Na purchases; this disparity was reduced in magnitude and no longer significant among SNAP-participating households. Additionally, Hispanic households purchased less energy from junk foods than white households, regardless of SNAP status. In longitudinal models accounting for household fixed effects, SNAP participation was associated with increased energy purchased among black households. No other significant longitudinal associations between SNAP and purchase outcomes were observed.
conclusionsSNAP may not be meeting its potential to improve food and beverage purchases or reduce disparities. Research is needed to identify strategies for ensuring nutritious purchases across all racial/ethnic groups.
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