Nutrition and Health Characteristics of Low-Income Populations: Volume I, Food Stamp Program Participants and Nonparticipants

Biing-Hwan Lin

United States Department of Agriculture

关键词: Food Stamp Program;    FSP;    food assistance;    program nonparticipants;    nutrition and health outcomes;    Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey;    NHANES-III;    low-income populations;    Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program;   

RP-ID  :  EFAN-04014-1

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: United States Department of Agriculture Publications

【 摘 要 】

Data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES-III), conducted in 1988-94, were used to compare the nutrition and health characteristics of participants and nonparticipants in the Food Stamp Program (FSP). FSP participants were compared with two groups of nonparticipants-those who were income-eligible for the FSP (income at or below 130 percent of poverty) and those with higher incomes (income above 130 percent of poverty). This research was designed to establish a baseline from which to monitor the nutritional and health characteristics of FSP participants and nonparticipants over time.