Purchases, Consumption, and BMI of SNAP Farmers’ Market Shoppers
Date
2021-10-31
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Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition
Abstract
Purchasing, consumption, and health data from 3,073 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Shoppers (SNAP) at 77 U.S. farmers’ markets (FMs) are reported. Descriptive and bivariate analyses indicate SNAP households spent $345/month on all groceries and $153.76/month on all fruit and vegetable (FV) purchases; daily FV consumption significantly correlated with percentage of household expenditures on FV and household FV dollars/month. Females and Hispanics spent significantly more on FV. 82% of participants were food insecure and 26.1% reported fair/poor health. Average BMI was 28.5. Findings suggest SNAP FM shoppers have unique FV expenditure and consumption patterns, despite higher food insecurity, meriting future research.
Description
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition on 10/31/2021, available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/19320248.2021.1997860. This article will be embargoed until 10/21/2022.
Keywords
Body mass index, community health, farmers’ markets, fruit and vegetable intake, supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP), nutrition incentive, Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive Program, GusNIP
Citation
Allison Karpyn, Julia Pon, Sara Bernice Grajeda, Rui Wang, Kathryn E. Merritt, Tara Tracy, Henry May, Ginnie Sawyer-Morris, D. Layne Humphrey & Alan Hunt (2021) Purchases, Consumption, and BMI of SNAP Farmers’ Market Shoppers, Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2021.1997860