biostudies-literatureUnknown9(5)Naja-Riese AUSDA SNAPThe United States Department of Agriculture's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education, known as SNAP-Ed, is the country's largest and most diverse community nutrition program. In 2017, nearly 140 SNAP-Ed implementing agencies (SIAs) and hundreds of contractors delivered nutrition education to almost 5 million people in nearly 60,000 low-resource sites. Millions more were impacted with social marketing campaigns and policy, systems, and environmental changes. This article introduces and describes the benefits of the newly developed SNAP-Ed Evaluation Framework (Framework) and companion Interpretive Guide to consistently measure SNAP-Ed outcomes across different settings. The Framework uses the social ecological model as its underlying theory and features 51 indicators across fouTranslational behavioral medicine970-979https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6768857biostudies-literatureThe SNAP-Ed Evaluation Framework: demonstrating the impact of a national framework for obesity prevention in low-income populations.PMC6768857Sugerman SMkNelly BFoerster SBCullinen KPuma JWhetstone LKeller KJMNaja-Riese AJacobs LBruno PfalseThe SNAP-Ed Evaluation Framework: demonstrating the impact of a national framework for obesity prevention in low-income populations.The United States Department of Agriculture's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education, known as SNAP-Ed, is the country's largest and most diverse community nutrition program. In 2017, nearly 140 SNAP-Ed implementing agencies (SIAs) and hundreds of contractors delivered nutrition education to almost 5 million people in nearly 60,000 low-resource sites. Millions more were impacted with social marketing campaigns and policy, systems, and environmental changes. This article introduces and describes the benefits of the newly developed SNAP-Ed Evaluation Framework (Framework) and companion Interpretive Guide to consistently measure SNAP-Ed outcomes across different settings. The Framework uses the social ecological model as its underlying theory and features 51 indicators across fou2019-01-01T00:00:00Z2019 Oct2025-04-21T23:33:48.628Z2019-10-11T07:13:36ZS-EPMC67688573157092910.1093/tbm/ibz115