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Title: The Effects of Food Stamps on Obesity
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Baum, Charles L., II |
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The Effects of Food Stamps on Obesity Working Paper, Department of Economics and Finance, Middle Tennessee State University Working Paper Series, February 2010. Also: http://frank.mtsu.edu/~berc/working/Economics_Working_Papers.html Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Department of Economics and Finance, Middle Tennessee State University Keyword(s): Body Mass Index (BMI); Food Stamps (see Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program); Obesity; Poverty; Weight Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Poverty has historically been associated with a decrease in food consumption. This at least partially changed in 1964 when the Food Stamp Act began guaranteeing food for those in poverty. Since the Act's passage, the prevalence of obesity has increased dramatically, particularly among those with low incomes. This paper examines the effects of the Food Stamp Program on the prevalence of obesity using 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth data. Results indicate food stamps have significant positive effects on obesity and the obesity gap for females, but these effects are relatively small and such benefits, consequently, are approximated to have played a minor role in increasing obesity at the aggregate level. |
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Baum, Charles L., II. "The Effects of Food Stamps on Obesity." Working Paper, Department of Economics and Finance, Middle Tennessee State University Working Paper Series, February 2010. |