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Food & Nutrition Assistance Policy

USDA's domestic food assistance programs—including the Food Stamp Program, WIC, and the child nutrition programs—affect the daily lives of millions of people. These programs share the main goal of ensuring the health of vulnerable Americans by providing access to a nutritionally adequate diet. ERS research has expanded understanding of the impact of program participation on a number of diet and health outcomes.


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Can Food Stamps Do More To Improve Food Choices? An Economic Perspective—Food stamp recipients, like other Americans, struggle with nutrition problems associated with choice of foods, as well as amounts. This series of Economic Information Bulletins compiles evidence to help answer the question of whether the Food Stamp Program can do more to improve the food choices of participants.

Effects of Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs on Nutrition and Health: Volume 4, Executive Summary of the Literature Review—This report reviews published research on the impact of the Food Stamp Program and other USDA assistance programs on participants' nutrition and health outcomes such as food expenditures, household nutrient availability, dietary intake, food security, birth outcomes, breastfeeding behaviors, immunization rates, and use and cost of health care services.

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