Supermarkets, Schools, and Social Gatherings: Where Supplemental Nutrition Assisance Program and Other U.S. Households Acquire Their Foods Correlates With Nutritional Quality

Lisa Mancino and Joanne Guthrie (jguthrie@ers.usda.gov)

Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2018, vol. February 2018, issue 01

Abstract: A recent ERS study found that SNAP households acquire about the same amount of calories per adult equivalent as non-SNAP households, while spending fewer dollars and relying more on school meals and food from family and friends.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.302515

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