Access to SNAP-Authorized Retailers and Diet Quality Among SNAP Recipients.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Poor food environments are known to affect diet quality and health outcomes. In the US, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) serves as a critical nutrition safety-net for millions of low-income residents; however, whether there is an association between access to SNAP-authorized retailers and diet quality among SNAP recipients remains unclear.

Objective

To evaluate the association of SNAP-authorized retailer access with diet quality among SNAP recipients.

Design, setting, and participants

This was a serial cross-sectional study using 24-hour dietary recall data from a nationally representative sample of SNAP-participating adults from 6 cycles of the restricted-use and public-access National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 2007 t

SUBMITTER: Li Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12008766 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature