Do SNAP and WIC Programs Encourage More Fruit and Vegetable Intake? A Household Survey in the Northern Great Plains
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-2015
Abstract
Corn Belt US has constantly showed low fruit and vegetable (F & V) consumption. One of the policy suggestions to increase F & V consumption is to implement government food subsidies for low- and no-income families. In this study, we conducted a household food-choice survey study and the results suggested that both Supplemental Nutrition Assistance and Women, Infant, and Children programs had significant effects on increasing F & V consumption. However, those effects varied by family characteristics, dietary habit, and living environment. Moreover, exercise habits, family support, and the willingness to make healthy choices had more influences on increasing F &V intake than did demographic background, socio-economic variables, and living environment variables. We also found an inconsistent pattern of how nutrition knowledge affects F & V consumption.
Publication Title
Journal of Family and Economic Issues
Volume
36
Issue
4
First Page
477
Last Page
490
DOI of Published Version
10.1007/s10834-014-9412-5
Recommended Citation
Chang, Kuo-Liang; Zastrow, Marjorie; Zdorovtsov, Christina; Quast, Ryan; Skjonsberg, Larissa; and Stluka, Suzanne, "Do SNAP and WIC Programs Encourage More Fruit and Vegetable Intake? A Household Survey in the Northern Great Plains" (2015). Health and Nutritional Sciences Faculty Publications. 120.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/hns_pubs/120