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ArticleNutrients2021

Did School Meal Programs and SNAP Participation Improve Diet Quality of US Children from Low-Income Households: Evidence from NHANES 2013-2014?

Tzuan A Chen, Lorraine R Reitzel, Ezemenari M Obasi, Jayna M Dave

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Article in Nutrients, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. The potential of a national school food program to reduce dietary inequalities among children in Canada.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Tzuan A ChenDepartment of Psychological, Health and Learning Sciences, College of Education, The University of Houston, 3657 Cullen Blvd. Stephen Power Farish Hall, Houston, TX 77204, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4312-7258
Lorraine R ReitzelDepartment of Psychological, Health and Learning Sciences, College of Education, The University of Houston, 3657 Cullen Blvd. Stephen Power Farish Hall, Houston, TX 77204, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7165-5720
Ezemenari M ObasiDepartment of Psychological, Health and Learning Sciences, College of Education, The University of Houston, 3657 Cullen Blvd. Stephen Power Farish Hall, Houston, TX 77204, USA.
Jayna M DaveUSDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, 1100 Bates St., Houston, TX 77030, USA.

Funding

Testing a Digital Therapeutic for Smoking Cessation among Hispanic Persons who SmokeU54MD015946 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON · PI Fatima Aziz Merchant · 2020 to 2026
$22.0M
Urgent Competitive Revision to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Urgent Supplement - Clinical Trial Optional)U24MD015970 · NIMHD · MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI Sandra Perreira Chang, Elizabeth O. Ofili · 2020 to 2026
$20.6M
NIMHD NIH HHS U24 MD015970NIMHD NIH HHS U54MD015946US Department of Agriculture (USDA)/Agricultural Research Service 3092-51000-058-2S
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nutrition assistance programs such as school meals and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are designed to provide a safety net for the dietary intake of children from low-income families. However, compared with eligible non-participants, the relationship of diet quality with school meals only and school meals + SNAP is not well understood. The objectives of the study include: (1) To explore whether and to what extent nutrition assistance program participation (school meals only and school meals + SNAP) is related to diet quality; and (2) to examine the differences of diet quality between participating in school meals only, school meals + SNAP, or non-participation among American children. Children aged 5 to 18 years old from income eligible households who participated in the 2013-2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) were included in this cross-sectional study (

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Family CharacteristicsFood AssistanceIncomeNutrition SurveysAdolescentChildDietDiet, HealthyFemaleHumansMalePropensity ScoreUnited StateschildrenHealthy Eating Index (HEI)National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)school mealsSupplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

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PMID34684575
PMCPMC8540084

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