Support for supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) policy alternatives among US adults, 2018

Franckle, R. L., Polacsek, M., Bleich, S. N., Thorndike, A. N., Findling, M. T. G., Moran, A. J., & Rimm, E. B. (2019). Support for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Alternatives Among US Adults, 2018. American Journal of Public Health, 109(7), 993–995. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2019.305112

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the largest federal nutrition assistance program, provides financial assistance for food purchases to 40 million Americans and has an annual budget of more than $65 billion (https://bit.ly/2K3g0l5). Although SNAP benefits can be used to purchase any food or nonalcoholic beverage, with the exception of hot or pre-prepared foods, there is strong interest among public health advocates and policymakers in identifying evidence-based SNAP policies that will promote healthier participant purchases.