Making SNAP Healthier With Food Incentives and Disincentives
Policy interventions to make SNAP healthier in the next Farm Bill could save from $6.8 to $41.9 billion and reduce disease burdens
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Policy interventions to make SNAP healthier in the next Farm Bill could save from $6.8 to $41.9 billion and reduce disease burdens
Modeling study estimates impact of policies targeting fruits and vegetables and sugary drinks in schools on health outcomes for children and adults
New study identifies continuing disparities in diet quality for participants on SNAP
Consumers’ food choices can help reduce greenhouse emissions contributing to climate change
A modeling study of food subsidies and food taxes suggests deaths from cardiometabolic disease could be reduced
An original analysis by researchers at New York University College of Global Public Health and the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University finds that a federal tax on junk food is both legally and administratively feasible.
Subsidies for healthy foods and taxes on unhealthy foods could reduce deaths from stroke, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, especially among Americans with lower socioeconomic status
Older adults who add 48 minutes of moderate physical activity per week can lower their chances for major mobility disability
A new study evaluates whether federal preemption could be used to block taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages.
Researchers from the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, together with colleagues from Gelesis and the University of Copenhagen, presented preliminary data demonstrating that study participants with high fasting plasma glucose lost more weight than those with low fasting plasma glucose when following a high-fiber, low-glycemic load diet.