Allison B's List: Food Resources

• Over 40 million Americans, constituting about 17% of the adult U.S. population, participate in the program each month
• So a family of four, with a net monthly income at the poverty line, would be expected to spend $551 of their dollars on food and would receive an allotment of $117 from SNAP.
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• but the majority of participants are made up of children (60%) and the elderly (8%). In 2009, of adult SNAP recipients able to work, 47% were employed and another 47% were unemployed and actively seeking a job.
• it is estimated that, in the U.S., on average, over 9% of a person’s daily calories come from sugar-sweetened beverages
• since all Americans at all income levels are making unhealthy food choices, many anti-hunger groups are against the New York City proposal because they feel it unfairly singles out and stigmatizes the poor
• sing SNAP benefits to improve health and reduce chronic disease is to offer incentives to participants for the purchase of healthy fruits and vegetables
• If the percent change in demand for a product is equal to or greater than the percent change in price for that product, the demand is said to be elastic.
• a given decrease in the price of fruits and vegetables, purchase of those products is likely to somewhat increase.

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