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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818907703321

Titolo

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program : examining the evidence to define benefit adequacy / / Committee on Examination of the Adequacy of Food Resources and SNAP Allotments, Food and Nutrition Board, Committee on National Statistics ; Julie A. Caswell and Ann L. Yaktine, editors ; Institute of Medicine and National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : National Academies Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

0-309-26347-6

0-309-26295-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Disciplina

363.8/830973

Soggetti

Food relief - United States

Food security - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"... the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) [was] formerly called the Food Stamp Program ..."--Page 1.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction and conceptual framework -- History, background, and goals of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program -- Food security and access to a healthy diet in low-income populations -- Individual, household, and environmental factors affecting food choices and access -- Impact of program design on allotment adequacy -- Conclusions and recommendations.