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Transactions at a Northeastern Supermarket Chain: Differences by Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Use.
Franckle, Rebecca L; Moran, Alyssa; Hou, Tao; Blue, Dan; Greene, Julie; Thorndike, Anne N; Polacsek, Michele; Rimm, Eric B.
Afiliação
  • Franckle RL; Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Moran A; Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Hou T; Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Blue D; Hannaford Marketing, Hannaford Supermarkets, Scarborough, Maine.
  • Greene J; Hannaford Healthy Living, Hannaford Supermarkets, Scarborough, Maine.
  • Thorndike AN; General Medicine Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Polacsek M; School of Community and Population Health, University of New England, Portland, Maine.
  • Rimm EB; Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts; Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: erimm@hsph.harvard.edu.
Am J Prev Med ; 53(4): e131-e138, 2017 Oct.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28818413
INTRODUCTION: Although one in seven Americans receives Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, little is known about how these benefits for food are spent because individual-level sales data are not publicly available. The purpose of this study is to compare transactions made with and without SNAP benefits at a large regional supermarket chain. METHODS: Sales data were obtained from a large supermarket chain in the Northeastern U.S. for a period of 2 years (April 2012-April 2014). Multivariate multiple regression models were used to quantify relative differences in dollars spent on 31 predefined SNAP-eligible food categories. Analyses were completed in 2016. RESULTS: Transactions with SNAP benefit use included higher spending on less healthful food categories, including sugar-sweetened beverages ($1.08), red meat ($1.55), and convenience foods ($1.34), and lower spending on more healthful food categories, such as fruits (-$1.51), vegetables (-$1.35), and poultry (-$1.25) compared to transactions without SNAP benefit use. CONCLUSIONS: These findings provide objective data to compare purchases made with and without SNAP benefits. Next steps should be to test proposed SNAP modifications to determine whether they would have the intended effect of promoting healthier purchasing patterns among SNAP beneficiaries.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Assistência Alimentar / Alimentos Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies País como assunto: America do norte Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2017 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Assistência Alimentar / Alimentos Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies País como assunto: America do norte Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2017 Tipo de documento: Article