Associations of Cooking With Dietary Intake and Obesity Among Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participants.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) may help ease economic and time constraints of cooking, helping low-income households prepare healthier meals. Therefore, frequent cooking may be more strongly associated with improved dietary outcomes among SNAP recipients than among income-eligible non-recipients. Alternately, increased frequency of home-cooked meals among SNAP participants may be beneficial simply by replacing fast food intake. This study quantified the association between home cooking and fast food with diet intake and weight status among SNAP recipients.

Methods

In 2016, data from low-income adults aged 19-65 years from the National Health and Nutrition Survey 2007-2010 (N=2,578) were used to examine associations of daily

SUBMITTER: Taillie LS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5454383 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature