The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

History, Politics, and Public Health Implications

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11025385
AutoresMarion Nestle (Marion Nestle is with the Department of Nutrition and Food Studies, New York University, New York, NY., autor de correspondencia)
Año2019
Volumen109
Número12
Páginas1631-1635
Fecha de publicación2019-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditorialAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2019.305361
PMID31693415
OpenAlexW2986695754
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas3

This commentary introduces a special section of AJPH on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the US government’s largest antihunger program and third-largest antipoverty program. SNAP demonstrably lifts adults, children, and families out of poverty, thereby constituting a vital component of this nation’s public health safety net. Despite its well-documented benefits, SNAP is under political and budgetary siege, mainly from congressional representatives and lobbying groups opposed to a federal role in welfare. In part, SNAP is protected from total annihilation by its unusual authorizing legislation—the Farm Bill. This commentary provides a brief overview of the political history of SNAP and its Farm Bill location as background to the deeper analyses provided in this series of articles

Environmental health · Food insecurity · Food security · Geography · Political science · Politics · Public health · Snap · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program · Computer Science · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Gerontology