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Gleason, Stacy; Beckerman-Hsu, Jake; Gabor, Vivian; Blitstein, Jonathan; Crocker, Jarle; Hansen, Dani – SNAP, 2021
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the country's largest food assistance program, providing more than $6.2 billion in supplemental benefits to over 42 million people with low incomes to purchase groceries each month. The SNAP Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Services grant program (SNAP-Ed) equips people eligible for…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Federal Programs, Welfare Services, Data Collection
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Matthew Greene; Rhiannon Kroeger; Samuel Stroope; Bailey Houghtaling; Denise Holson – Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, 2022
Structural racism has contributed to increased poverty, food insecurity, and obesity rates among African Americans relative to Whites. Nutrition education programs should therefore consider how well they serve this population. The objective of this investigation was to assess whether African American and White Supplemental Nutrition Assistance…
Descriptors: Racism, African Americans, Obesity, Poverty
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Laura H. Downey; Kristy Terp; Sylvia H. Byrd – Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, 2021
Social marketing campaigns are effective in promoting health behavior changes in individuals and communities. Mississippi State University Extension Service's (MSU Extension) Office of Nutrition Education launched a statewide social marketing campaign branded HappyHealthy to target nutrition and healthy lifestyle-related behaviors of Supplemental…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Nutrition, Welfare Services, Nutrition Instruction