Examining a Paradox: Obesity and Food-Stamp Participation in Louisiana

Anetra L. Harbor and Patricia E. McLean-Meyinsse

Journal of Food Distribution Research, 2009, vol. 40, issue 01, 5

Abstract: Chi-square analyses suggest that a number of individual variables can be good indicators of obesity, including race, income, the presence of children in the household, education, opinions about fat intake, and food-stamp participation. Although chi-square analyses suggest an increased likelihood of reporting food-stamp-program participation among obese primary grocery shoppers in Louisiana, preliminary multivariate results indicate that direct causality is not necessarily supported.

Keywords: Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.162123

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