Effects Of Alternative Food Voucher Delivery Strategies On Nutrition Among Low-Income Adults.

ABSTRACT: Nutrition assistance programs are the subject of ongoing policy debates. Two proposals remain uninformed by existing evidence: whether restricting benefits to allow only fruit and vegetable purchases improves overall dietary intake, and whether more frequent distribution of benefits (weekly versus monthly) induces more fruit and vegetable consumption and less purchasing of calorie-dense foods. In a community-based trial, we randomly assigned participants to receive food vouchers that differed in what foods could be purchased (fruit and vegetables only or any foods) and in distribution schedule (in weekly or monthly installments, holding total monthly value constant). The use of vouchers for fruit and vegetables only did not yield significantly greater improvements than the unrestricted vou

SUBMITTER: Basu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7062145 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature