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ReviewNature food2025

Adjustments, evidence and political tensions in the US Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Vincenzina Caputo, David R Just

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Review in Nature food, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Vincenzina CaputoDepartment of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA. vcaputo@msu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6495-3519
David R JustCharles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7471-5178

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) plays a key role in the US food system. As Congress considers major changes to it under the 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill Act and states propose restrictions on what benefits may be used to purchase food, SNAP sits at the intersection of food security, labour market policy and public health. Drawing on historical experience and empirical economic evidence, we assess the impact of the proposed changes on SNAP, showing that specific policy solutions could improve outcomes without increasing programme costs, while simplified enrolment procedures could increase programme participation and reduce food insecurity.

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Food AssistanceFood SupplyPoliticsFood InsecurityHumansNutrition PolicyPublic HealthUnited States

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