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Diet Quality and Weight Status are Predicted by Federal Nutrition Assistance Program Participation, Health, and Demographics

This study investigated whether demographic, social, and economic determinants of health, including length of time participating in safety net programs, are associated with diet quality and weight status in early childhood. Using the WIC infant and toddler feeding practices study-2, classification and regression tree identified the sequence of binary splits that best differentiated the sample More

Keywords: Diet quality/dietary assessment, Supportive family policies, Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

Date: August 2025

Resource Type: Journal Article

Focus Areas: Diet Quality & Healthy Weight Early Childhood Food Access Nutrition Policy & Programs

Determining whether length of participation in social safety-net programs is associated with diet quality and weight status for children 2 to 5

Medicaid, SNAP, and WIC provide low-income children access to vital medical and nutrition services for long-term health and well-being. Despite these benefits, few studies have investigated if these safety net programs, or the synergistic combination of all three programs, are associated with diet quality and weight status; and none have focused on examining these longitudinal More

Keywords: Diet quality/dietary assessment, Health Care, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

Date: November 2023

Resource Type: Grant Summary

Focus Areas: Diet Quality & Healthy Weight Early Childhood Nutrition Policy & Programs