Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Antonis Vlassopoulos, Konstantina Filippou, Aleks Pepa, Olga Malisova, Dimitra Xenaki, Maria Kapsokefalou
Summary: FEAD, established by the EU in 2016 to combat food insecurity, has been found through computational analysis and surveys to make significant contributions to beneficiaries' diets and satisfaction. It has a positive impact on feelings of anxiety and security, as well as household budgets. High beneficiary satisfaction and the perceived substantial assistance highlight the program's effectiveness.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Junia N. de Brito, Katie A. Loth, Angela Fertig, Amanda C. Trofholz, Allan Tate, Jerica M. Berge
Summary: This study examines food purchasing behaviors and the home food environment among families receiving SNAP and other assistance programs. The results show differences in modes of transportation for food shopping, shopping frequency, and the presence of energy-dense and high-sodium food items in the home among families participating in SNAP and other assistance programs compared to other assistance program participants. Some aspects of children's dietary intake also deviate from current dietary recommendations.
Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Alyse Davies, Josephine Gwynn, Margaret Allman-Farinelli, Victoria Flood, Michelle Dickson, Nicole Turner, Bobby Porykali, (Ngiyampaa) Mark Lock
Summary: This review examines food security programs for First Nations peoples in Australia, Aotearoa/New Zealand, Canada, and the United States. The most suitable programs for addressing food security incorporated participatory design, community governance, integration of cultural knowledge and food systems, educational components, and collaborations among agencies. Sustainable food security requires long-term system and policy change supported by co-designed research and evaluation.
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Lawrence D. Frank, Alexander Bigazzi, Andy Hong, Leia Minaker, Pat Fisher, Kim D. Raine
Summary: The study found that neighborhood walkability and food environments are important factors in shaping physical activity, diet, and obesity.
Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Dea Ziso, Ock K. Chun, Michael J. Puglisi
Summary: Food insecurity is a serious public health issue in the United States, leading to increased risk of chronic diseases due to lack of access to healthy foods. Improving the food environment is crucial in increasing access to healthy foods.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Alicia J. Cohen, Nicole Isaacson, Michelle Torby, Alyssa Smith, Guanghao Zhang, Minal R. Patel
Summary: This study examined patient interest in and engagement with offered social care assistance among adults with poorly controlled diabetes. Results showed that only a small proportion of patients engaged with the offered assistance, with motivators including ease of use and interest in learning more about available resources, and barriers including not needing or desiring assistance and technology or access challenges.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Anna E. Austin, Madeline Frank, Meghan E. Shanahan, H. Luz McNaughton Reyes, Giselle Corbie, Rebecca B. Naumann
Summary: Food insecurity is linked to poor mental health and increased risk of suicide. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in the US can be expanded to more households by eliminating the asset test or raising the income limit. This study found that the expansion of SNAP eligibility is associated with decreased rates of major depressive episodes, mental illness, serious mental illness, and suicidal ideation among adults. Therefore, adopting policies to expand SNAP eligibility can contribute to reducing mental health and suicidality outcomes at the population level.
Article
Geography
Heide K. Bruckner, Marisa Westbrook, Lindsey Loberg, Ellen Teig, Chris Schaefbauer
Summary: This paper examines the role of emergency food assistance in struggles for food justice, highlighting how barriers to emotionally-accessible food play a prominent role in shaping individual experiences with food assistance, leading to isolation and disconnection that inhibit more inclusive food systems.
Article
Communication
Sonia Ivancic, David Dooling
Summary: This paper explores the impact of stigmatizing discourses on poverty and food insecurity on food assistance programs in the United States. Using qualitative methods, the concept of entangled shame is introduced to describe the collision of discourses about poverty, material agencies, and (in)visibility that produce shame. The study also identifies methods to challenge and alleviate entangled shame, highlighting the importance of centering dignity in food assistance programs.
COMMUNICATION MONOGRAPHS
(2023)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Matthew M. Lee, Mary Kathryn Poole, Rachel M. Zack, Lauren Fiechtner, Eric B. Rimm, Erica L. Kenney
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 caused economic and supply chain shocks, leading to increased food-related hardship in the US. Programs like SNAP and food pantries saw significant utilization, but their impact on diet quality and disruptions in diet is not well understood.
FRONTIERS IN NUTRITION
(2023)
Article
Agricultural Economics & Policy
Wei Fu, Chen Huang, Feng Liu
Summary: This paper examines the effects of unemployment insurance expansions on household food insecurity in the United States. The study finds that increasing state weekly UI benefits can reduce the likelihood and severity of food insecurity among eligible families. Additionally, the research provides strong evidence of program substitution between UI and SNAP, with potential cost savings for SNAP.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
(2023)
Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Saiuj Bhat, Daisy H. Coyle, Kathy Trieu, Bruce Neal, Dariush Mozaffarian, Matti Marklund, Jason H. Y. Wu
Summary: This study conducted a systematic review of healthy food prescription programs and found that such programs can increase fruit and vegetable consumption, reduce BMI, and lower HbA1c. However, there are significant heterogeneity, methodological limitations, and moderate to very low certainty of evidence in the included studies. Well-designed, large, randomized controlled trials are needed to further establish the efficacy of healthy food prescription programs.
ADVANCES IN NUTRITION
(2021)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Cindy W. Leung, Aarohee P. Fulay, Lindsey Parnarouskis, Euridice Martinez-Steele, Ashley N. Gearhardt, Julia A. Wolfson
Summary: This study examined the associations between food insecurity, SNAP participation, and ultra-processed food consumption. The findings showed that more severe food insecurity and SNAP participation were both associated with higher levels of ultra-processed food consumption. Furthermore, SNAP participation modified the association between food insecurity and ultra-processed food consumption.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION
(2022)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Nicole Larson, Tricia Alexander, Jaime C. Slaughter-Acey, Jerica Berge, Rachel Widome, Dianne Neumark-Sztainer
Summary: The study reveals changes in eating and child-feeding behaviors among food-insecure emerging adults during COVID-19, as well as barriers to local food access and food assistance. Recommendations include expanding information distribution about food pantries and meal distribution sites, as well as increasing fresh fruit and vegetable offerings at these sites.
JOURNAL OF THE ACADEMY OF NUTRITION AND DIETETICS
(2021)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Rachel Taniey, Laureen Leyden
Summary: This study aims to examine the components of successful food assistance programs for college students. Through focus groups and key informant interviews, six strategies of effective food assistance programs were identified, while themes of financial stressors, eating strategies, struggling to feed dependents, etc., were discovered among college students.
JOURNAL OF AMERICAN COLLEGE HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Karen Barale, M. Catalina Aragon, Kate Yerxa, Garry Auld, Ann Hess
Summary: This study aimed to develop reliable and valid questions to assess changes in food resource management behaviors in adults with limited incomes. The questionnaire development used a mixed-methods approach, including content validity, face validity, temporal reliability, sensitivity to change, and exploratory factor analysis. The results showed that the questions had acceptable temporal reliability and sensitivity to change, and can be used nationally to assess participants' self-reported behavior changes.
JOURNAL OF NUTRITION EDUCATION AND BEHAVIOR
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
M. Catalina Aragon, Jill Armstrong Shultz, Alexandra Bush-Kaufman, Karen Barale
JOURNAL OF HUNGER & ENVIRONMENTAL NUTRITION
(2019)
