The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Childhood Obesity in the United States: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 432-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maoyong Fan ◽  
Yanhong Jin
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Childhood Obesity ◽  
The United States ◽  
Longitudinal Survey ◽  
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ◽  
National Longitudinal Survey ◽  
Supplemental Nutrition ◽  
Assistance Program ◽  
Nutrition Assistance

scholarly journals The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Financial Stress, and Childhood Obesity

2012 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Burgstahler ◽  
Craig Gundersen ◽  
Steven Garasky
Keyword(s):  
Childhood Obesity ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Financial Stress ◽  
The United States ◽  
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ◽  
Supplemental Nutrition ◽  
Assistance Program ◽  
Household Finances ◽  
Nutrition Assistance ◽  
Using Data

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the largest nutritional assistance program addressing food insecurity in the United States. Due to the program's reach, SNAP has been called upon to address other nutrition-related challenges facing low-income Americans, including childhood obesity. This study considers the effect of SNAP participation on child weight outcomes after controlling for household financial stress, an important determinant of child overweight status that disproportionately affects low-income households. Using data from theSurvey of Household Finances and Childhood Obesityand instrumental variable methods, we find that SNAP participation is negatively associated with obesity among eligible children.

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