Healthy Food Benefit Programs, Fruit and Vegetable Consumption, and Food Security.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Diet quality, including fruit and vegetable intake, is a determinant of health, yet fresh fruits and vegetables are inaccessible to many lower-income and marginalized households. Healthy food benefit programs may reduce health disparities by increasing fruit and vegetable consumption.

Objectives

To estimate the outcomes of a $40 per month healthy food benefit program on food security and diet.

Design, setting, and participants

Cohort study with randomly assigned treatment groups composed of participants seeking enrollment in Fresh Bucks, a healthy food benefit program for lower-income populations in Seattle, Washington. Participants were randomly assigned to enrollment in the program and to a waiting list. Outcomes were examined at baseline (October 2021) a

SUBMITTER: Knox MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12365700 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature