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Safeguarding SNAP as an Effective Anti-Hunger Program: Myths and Potential Harms of Adding Diet Quality as a Core Objective
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Safeguarding SNAP as an Effective Anti-Hunger Program: Myths and Potential Harms of Adding Diet Quality as a Core Objective

Danielle M. Krobath, Jourdyn A. Lawrence, Benjamin W. Chrisinger and Adolfo G. Cuevas
American journal of public health (1971), v 115(1), pp e1-e5
31 Oct 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307863
PMID: 39481048
Featured in Collection :   UN Sustainable Development Goals @ Drexel
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Abstract

Food insecurity is a critical threat to the health and well-being of the US population.1 The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) defines food insecurity as “limited or uncertain access to adequate food.” An estimated 12.8% (17.0 million) of US households experienced food insecurity in 2022.2 Food insecurity risk is unequally distributed across racial and ethnic groups; structural racism and other forms of economic and social disenfranchisement place Black, Hispanic, Indigenous, and immigrant individuals at the highest risk of poverty and low or very low food security.3,4 Food insecurity, a source of toxic stress,5 is associated with adverse psychological health outcomes (e.g., depression and anxiety) and a greater risk of obesity, hypertension, and other cardiometabolic diseases.6,7

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UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

This publication has contributed to the advancement of the following goals:

#1 No Poverty
#2 Zero Hunger
#3 Good Health and Well-Being

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