Abstract
Disparities in Diet Quality
Highlights
They report a persistent poor diet score among Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients over the 15-year period, based on the American Heart Association’s 2020 Strategic Impact Goals for diet
The authors and others suggest that modifications to the SNAP program might be a tool to promote healthier purchasing patterns given the evidence for continued poor-quality diets in recipients.[5]
Determining whether modifications to the program are possible requires an understanding of the history of SNAP
Summary
They report a persistent poor diet score among SNAP recipients over the 15-year period, based on the American Heart Association’s 2020 Strategic Impact Goals for diet. The reasons for this trend are likely multifactorial, including lack of availability of fresh fruits and vegetables in low-income neighborhoods (food deserts), targeted marketing of unhealthy foods in poor communities, lack of education to inform food purchases, or the fact that foods with lower nutrient quality are less expensive and stretch the SNAP dollar farther than buying fresh foods.
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