Can Food Stamps Do More to Improve Food Choices? An Economic Perspective--Higher Cost of Food in Some Areas May Affect Food Stamp Households' Ability To Make Healthy Food Choices

dc.creatorNord, Mark
dc.creatorHopwood, Heather
dc.date2017-04-01T14:33:30Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-09T05:07:36Z
dc.descriptionThe cost of “enough food,” estimated from the amount that low- and medium-income households in a geographic area report needing to spend to just meet their food needs, differs substantially across States and among metropolitan areas. In areas with high food costs, many food-stamp recipients are likely to have inadequate food resources to support healthy food choices.
dc.identifierdoi:10.22004/ag.econ.59429
dc.identifierhttps://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/59429/files/eib29-3.pdf
dc.identifierhttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/59429
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/559380
dc.languageeng
dc.publisher
dc.sourcehttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/59429
dc.titleCan Food Stamps Do More to Improve Food Choices? An Economic Perspective--Higher Cost of Food in Some Areas May Affect Food Stamp Households' Ability To Make Healthy Food Choices
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