Reductions in national cardiometabolic mortality achievable by food price changes according to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) eligibility and participation.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Suboptimal diets are a major contributor to cardiometabolic disease (CMD) mortality, and substantial disparities exist for both dietary quality and mortality risk across income groups in the USA. Research is needed to quantify how food pricing policies to subsidise healthy foods and tax unhealthy foods could affect the US CMD mortality, overall and by Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) eligibility and participation. METHODS:Comparative risk analysis based on national data on diet (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2003-2012) and mortality (mortality-linked National Health Interview Survey) and meta-analyses of policy-diet and diet-disease relationships. RESULTS:A national 10% price reduction on fruits, vegetables, nuts and whole grains was estimated

SUBMITTER: Wilde PE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6086736 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature