Increase In Uptake Of Federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program In 2011
In 2011, 13 percent of all American households relied on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — the program formerly known as food stamps – with nearly 6.2 million more American households using the program now than five years ago, according to new research from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire…
January 17, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, five-years, known-as-food, new-research, nutrition / diet, nutrition-assistance, supplemental, the-program, university
Changes To WIC Nutrition Program Likely Had A Positive Impact On Weight And Healthy Diet
New York children participating in a federal nutrition program had healthier eating behaviors and lower rates of obesity two years after improvements to the program were undertaken, according to a study published online in Obesity, the official journal of the Obesity Society…
January 10, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: federal-nutrition, lower-rates, nutrition / diet, obesity, obesity-two, official, study-published, the-official, the-program
