The US Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Education improves nutrition-related behaviors.

ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to measure whether participating in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Education (SNAP-Ed) interventions is associated with changes in meeting recommendations for healthy eating and food resource management behaviours, such as shopping, among low-income children, adolescents, and adults in eight states in the US Southeast. The study used a one-group pre-test post-test design, analysing aggregate data on nutrition and shopping behaviours collected during Federal Fiscal Year 17 from SNAP-Ed direct education in community settings. Twenty-five implementing agencies in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee provided aggregated data on program participants. Because survey questions differed, agencies foll

SUBMITTER: Ryan-Ibarra S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7731638 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature