Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Policies and Food Insecurity.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Food insecurity (FI) is associated with poor health and has risen in the US. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the largest US food-purchasing assistance program. Policies related to eligibility assessment and administrative burden that impact SNAP participation vary between states. How such policies influence FI is not well known.

Objectives

To evaluate the association between changes in state SNAP policies and county FI rates.

Design, setting, and participants

This repeated cross-sectional study used annual county-level FI estimates from the Feeding America Map the Meal Gap dataset, state-level SNAP policy data from the US Department of Agriculture from 2009 to 2019, and data on economic and demographic measures from the US Census Bur

SUBMITTER: Potluri S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12701512 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature