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411. Consistent SNAP Participation Increases Preventative Health Care Visits for Infants - Resources
Date: Nov 2021

Examines the connection between Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation and preventive care in an infant's first year of life. Uses data from a survey covering 51,551 first-born children of low-income mothers, ages 18 and older, who participated in SNAP and Medicaid in Missouri between 2006-2014. Features statistics including urban or rural residence.

...Food security and nutrition · Medicaid · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...

412. Persistent Gaps in SNAP Benefit Adequacy across the Rural-Urban Continuum - Resources
Date: Nov 2021

Report examining gaps in the adequacy of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to cover the cost of a meal across the rural-urban continuum using the USDA's Rural-Urban Continuum Codes (RUCCs). Discusses characteristics of the counties with the largest gaps and addresses the policy implications of the 2021 Thrifty Food Plan (TFP) update to SNAP.

...Benefit enrollment and application · Food security and nutrition · Policy · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...

413. Utilizing Public Transportation to End Food Insecurity in Rural and Small Urban Areas by Providing Better Access: A Case Study of Rural Counties in North Dakota - Resources
Date: Mar 2024

Analyzes the impact of public transportation in addressing food insecurity in rural and urban areas of North Dakota. Provides county and ZIP code level sociodemographic data on population changes, food insecurity, poverty, and more. Includes discussion about causes of food insecurity in rural areas.

...data · Food security and nutrition · Poverty · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Transportation · North Dakota...

414. Federal Nutrition Programs for Grandfamilies and Kinship Families - Resources
Date: 2022

A fact sheet that provides information on benefits, programs, and organizations that assist low-income grandfamilies and kinship families gaining access to healthy food. Includes information on the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR).

...Center, Generations United Benefit enrollment and application · Families · Food security and nutrition · Poverty · Tribal communities...

415. A Decade of Nutrition and Health Disparities Research at NIH, 2010–2019 - Resources
Date: Aug 2022

Examines the research done in the last decade by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) related to nutrition and health disparities. Includes discussions on recommended studies and grants to reduce health disparities in special populations, such as American Indian, rural, minority groups, and more.

...Medicine, 63(2), 49-57 08/2022 Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Research methods and resources...

416. The Impact of a Grocery Store Closure in One Rural Highly Obese Appalachian Community on Shopping Behavior and Dietary Intake - Resources
Date: Mar 2022

Results of telephone surveys of people in Martin County, Kentucky, a highly obese community in which healthy food accessibility is scarce and which experienced the closure of a local grocery store in January 2020. Includes demographics for the participants, and compares their food shopping habits at the time of the initial contact with those at the time of a follow-up survey a year later.

...Health, 19(6), 3506 03/2022 Appalachia · Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Statistics and data · Kentucky...

417. Food Banks in the United States: Systems, USDA Programs, and Participation - Resources
Date: Jul 2026

Provides information on charitable food assistance systems in the United States and the households that utilize them. Includes data on food pantry programs, services, and participation, including use and knowledge of food pantries in metro versus nonmetro areas.

...07/2026 USDA Economic Research Service Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...

418. Food Access Research Atlas - Resources
Reviewed: Dec 2025

Provides access to county-level data and an interactive map presenting information on food access indicators for low-income and other subpopulations.

...subpopulations. USDA Economic Research Service Access · County-by-county data · Food security and nutrition · Poverty...

419. COVID-19 Working Paper: Consumer Food Spending Changes During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Resources
Date: Dec 2022

Examines U.S. consumer food-at-home (FAH) and food-away-from home (FAFH) purchasing behaviors prior to 2016-2019 and during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020). Provides spending data for U.S. households by age, race and ethnicity, household composition, income, and region. Includes budget share data for fruits, vegetables, and protein, and per capita spending on FAH and FAFH by region and urban/rural areas.

...COVID-19 · Economics and the economy · Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...

420. Gender and Age Are Associated with Healthy Food Purchases via Grocery Voucher Redemption - Resources
Date: Jul 2014

Explores the association of age, gender, education, and income level with purchasing healthy foods using a grocery voucher in rural Appalachian Kentucky, an area considered a food desert with higher rates of chronic disease. Includes data on the purchase of a designated voucher food item by age, sex, education, and income.

...disease · Environmental health · Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Statistics and data · Kentucky...