ArticleLancet regional health. Americas2022
Hunger relief: A natural experiment from additional SNAP benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Parent Perspectives on the Interactive Role of Charitable and Federal Nutrition Assistance.Pediatrics · 2026Article
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- Trajectories of food insecurity for low wage workers from 2018 to 2022.Discover public health · 2026Article
- Long COVID and Food Insecurity in US Adults, 2022-2023.JAMA network open · 2025Article
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- The Impacts of Programs and Policies to Address Food Insecurity: An Analysis of Change in Income.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Maternal Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States: An Interrupted Time-series Analysis.Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2024Article
- Food Insufficiency Increased After The Expiration Of COVID-19 Emergency Allotments For SNAP Benefits In 2023.Health affairs (Project Hope) · 2024Article
- The association of increased SNAP benefits during COVID-19 with food insufficiency and anxiety among US adults: a quasi-experimental study.Public health nutrition · 2024Article
- Nutritional quality of food purchases during the COVID-19 public health crisis: An analysis of geographic disparities in North Carolina.Preventive medicine reports · 2024Article
- Adequacy of SNAP Benefits for Indiana Households, 2022.American journal of public health · 2023Article
- The Association of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation and Food Insufficiency among Households with Children in the United States during COVID-19.The Journal of nutrition · 2023Article
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Emergency Allotments and Food Security, Hospitalizations, and Hospital Capacity.JAMA network open · 2023Article
- Strategies to Improve Adolescent Food Security from the Perspectives of Policy Advocates, Parents, and Adolescents.Nutrients · 2022Article
- SNAP and WIC Participation During Childhood and Food Security in Adulthood, 1984-2019.American journal of public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Background: COVID-19 has directly affected millions of people. Others have been indirectly affected; for example, there has been a startling increase in hunger brought about by the pandemic. Many countries have sought to relieve this problem through public policy. This research examines the effectiveness of enhanced Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in the U.S. to alleviate hunger. Methods: Using a biweekly cross-sectional survey and corresponding population weights from the U.S. Census Bureau, we estimate the effects of enhanced SNAP benefits on hunger in the U.S. as measured by food insufficiency. We use a Bayesian structural time series analysis to predict counterfactual values of food insufficiency. We supplement these findings by examining the effect of enhanced SNAP benefits on observed visits to a food pantry network in a midsized U.S. city. Findings: Our primary finding estimates that nationwide a total 850,000 (95% credible interval 0·24-1·46 million) instances of food insufficiency were prevented per week by the 15 percent increase in SNAP benefits enacted in January 2021. Secondarily, we find similar effects associated with SNAP benefit increases and local food pantry visits. Specifically, enhanced SNAP benefits resulted in fewer visits to the food pantry network than were predicted in the counterfactual model. Interpretation: These results not only indicate that the policies enacted to mitigate hunger caused by the COVID-19 pandemic helped, but also quantifies how much these benefits helped on a national scale. As a result, policymakers can use this data to benchmark future policy actions at scale. Funding: None.
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