Pediatric Overweight/Obesity: Prevention (2021)
Author and Year:
Hudak K, Racine E 2019
PubMed ID:
Article Title:
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Child Weight Status: A Review.
Authors:
Hudak K, Racine E
Journal:
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Year of publication:
2019
Volume:
56
Issue:
6
Page numbers:
882-893
Study Design:
Risk of Bias Assessment Rating:
Critically low
Inclusion Criteria:
Included studies that examined the weight outcomes of children aged 2-18 years, with SNAP participation as the main explanatory variable. Weight outcomes used BMI measures, such as BMI percentile, or used weight status (e.g., whether or not the child was classified as being overweight or obese). All study designs were included.
Exclusion Criteria:
Articles were ineligible if they included only adult body weight as the outcome, assessed other food assistance programs and did not examine the effect of SNAP independently, or did not conduct a primary analysis (e.g., articles that only report on the findings of other studies).
Research Purpose:
The objective of this review is to present the results from existing studies that examine the relationship between SNAP participation and child weight.
Blinding efforts:
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Source(s) of Funding:
Please specify names of funders:
None