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Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs and Obesity: 1976-2002

  • by Michele Ver Ploeg, Lisa Mancino and Biing-Hwan Lin
  • 9/21/2007
  • ERR-48

Overview

Economic Research Reports present original economic analysis, findings and implications primarily for public and private decisionmakers' staff and researchers. This Economic Research Report analyzes multiple years of cross-sectional data to understand trends in the relationship between food assistance program participation and body weight. The purpose is to examine whether the relationship is consistent over time and across population subgroups.

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