The Monthly Food Stamp Cycle: Shopping Frequency and Food Intake Decisions in an Endogenous Switching Regression Framework

Wilde, Parke; Ranney, Christine K.

doi:10.1111/0002-9092.00016

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“…9 For example, studies found that food expenditure and energy intake increased dramatically after food stamps are received. 15,24,25 Cyclical food restriction is associated with an increase in body fat, decrease in lean body muscle mass, and a quicker weight gain. 9 Second, weight cycling due to food insecurity could make the body use the dietary energy more efficiently, such as increasing body fat storage in response to food shortage.…”

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Food Insecurity Is Associated with Obesity among US Adults in 12 States

Pan¹,

Sherry²,

Njai³

et al. 2012

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

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A redesigned food insecurity question that measured food stress was included in the 2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System in the Social Context optional module. The objective of our study was to examine the association between food stress and obesity using this question as a surrogate for food insecurity. Our analytic sample included 66,553 adults from 12 states. Food insecurity was determined by response (always/usually/sometimes) to the question,"Howoften in the past 12 months would you say you were worried or stressed about having enough money to buy nutritious meals?" T tests were used to compare prevalence differences between groups, and logistic regression was used to examine the association between food insecurity and obesity. Among the 12 states, the prevalence of obesity was 27.1% overall, 25.2% among food secure adults, and 35.1% among food insecure adults. Food insecure adults had 32% increased odds of being obese compared to food secure adults. Compared with food secure adults, food insecure adults had significantly higher prevalence of obesity in the following population subgroups: adults ages ≥30 years, women, non-Hispanic whites, non-Hispanic blacks, adults with some college education or a college degree, a household income of <$25,000 or $50,000 to $74,999, and adults with none or two children in their households. One in three food insecure adults were obese. Food insecurity was associated with obesity in the overall population and most population subgroups. These findings are consistent with previous research and highlight the importance of increasing access to affordable healthy foods for all adults. Both obesity and food insecurity affect health, which is determined not merely by behavioral, biologic, and genetic factors, but also by a range of environmental and social determinants. 8 These include safe environments, adequate income, meaningful and valued social roles, secure housing, higher levels of education, and social support. 8 HHS Public AccessObesity and food insecurity are more prevalent among low-income populations. 5,8 Food insecure adults may rely on low-cost, high-energy foods, 5 which can lead to overconsumption of energy and result in obesity. In 1995 Dietz 9 proposed a relationship between obesity and hunger, the most severe form of food insecurity, based on a case report; since then, a number of studies [10][11][12][13][14][15] have examined the association between obesity and food insecurity among US adults. However, only two studies 16,17 have tested this relationship using data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). The food insecurity question included in BRFSS during the 1990s asked whether the respondent worries about having enough food for herself/himself or her/his family. A study based on this question found that food insecurity was associated with obesity in Washington State during 1995-1999. 16 In addition, Laraia and colleagues 17 analyzed the 1999 BRFSS data for Louisiana and New York and found that, at that time, self-rep...

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confidence: 99%

Food Insecurity Is Associated with Obesity among US Adults in 12 States

Pan¹,

Sherry²,

Njai³

et al. 2012

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

276

171

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“…This cycle may predispose people toward purchasing less healthy food items in bulk as opposed to healthier (but perishable) fresh produce. 38 …”

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Ending SNAP Subsidies For Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Could Reduce Obesity And Type 2 Diabetes

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To reduce obesity and type 2 diabetes rates, lawmakers have proposed modifying Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to encourage healthier food choices. We examined the impact of two proposed policies: a ban on using SNAP dollars to buy sugarsweetened beverages; and a subsidy in which for every SNAP dollar spent on fruit and vegetables, thirty cents is credited back to participants' SNAP benefit cards. We used nationally representative data and models describing obesity, type 2 diabetes, and determinants of food consumption among a sample of over 19,000 SNAP participants. We found that a ban on SNAP purchases of sugar-sweetened beverages would be expected to significantly reduce obesity prevalence and type 2 diabetes incidence, particularly among adults ages 18-65 and some racial and ethnic minorities. The subsidy policy would not be expected to have a significant effect on obesity and type 2 diabetes, given available data. Such a subsidy could, however, more than double the proportion of SNAP participants who meet federal vegetable and fruit consumption guidelines.

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“…Nearly all jurisdictions now distribute food stamp and TANF payments on electronic benefit transfer debit cards, so the costs of more frequent payments would be likely to be low. Shapiro (2005), Wilde and Ranney (2000), and Ohls et al (1992) also point out benefits of more frequent payments. Such changes would require legislative action because the law currently requires that food stamp and SSI payments be made in monthly allotments.…”

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Welfare Payments and Crime

Foley¹

2011

Review of Economics and Statistics

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Abstract-Analysis of daily reported incidents of major crimes in twelve U.S. cities reveals an increase in crime over the course of monthly welfare payment cycles. This increase reflects an increase in crimes that are likely to have a direct financial motivation as opposed to other kinds of crime. Temporal patterns in crime are observed in jurisdictions in which disbursements are focused at the beginning of monthly welfare payment cycles and not in jurisdictions in which disbursements are relatively more staggered. These findings indicate that welfare beneficiaries consume welfarerelated income quickly and then attempt to supplement it with criminal income.

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The Monthly Food Stamp Cycle: Shopping Frequency and Food Intake Decisions in an Endogenous Switching Regression Framework

Cited by 256 publications

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Food Insecurity Is Associated with Obesity among US Adults in 12 States

Food Insecurity Is Associated with Obesity among US Adults in 12 States

Ending SNAP Subsidies For Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Could Reduce Obesity And Type 2 Diabetes

Welfare Payments and Crime

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