NS431 Unit 4 US Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs Lecture

What is the ratio of americans that participate in domestic food and nutrition assistance programs of the US?

1 in every 4 participate in at least 1 of 15

What are the 5 major types of nutritional at risk?

1.) abnormal nutritional conditions detectable by biological or anthropometric measurements 2.) nutritional related medical conditions 3.) dietary deficiencies 4.) conditions that directly affect the nutritional health of a person 5.) conditions that predispose a person to inadequate nutritional patterns

What percent of participants are children in WIC?

50%

What percent of food and nutrition assistance spending goes towards what program?

71% to SNAP

WIC participant elibibility:

Categorical (pregnant, non-BF woman up to 6 months, BF woman up to 1 year, infants up to 1st bday, child up to 5th bday), Residential (reside in state where eligible), Income (below 185% FPL, current income or past 12 months, SNAP etc sure deemed eligible), Nutritional risk (determined by health professional)

The Emergency Food Assistance Program controls what?

Commodity Supplemental Food Program and the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations

how is SNAP eligibility determined?

Income, assets, immigrant status, and/or ability to work. Household gross income <130% below FPL Household net income <100% FPL Most households can have up to $2,000 countable resources, more for older. Able bodies adults must register for work, go to employment/training programs and accept/continue suitable employment

WIC Farmer's Market Nutrition Program:

Provides vouchers per family, available in 45 states

SNAP & dietary quality:

SNAP households spend 1/4 of income on food, SNAP benefits increase household food expenditures, increasing the amount SNAP participants can spend on food improves diet quality

Supplemental Nutrition ASsistance Program has what sub divisions

SNAP-ed and SNAP-outreach

The Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act controls what:

School breakfast and lunch, special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children (WIC!), fresh fruit and veggie program, child and adult care food program, summer food service program, after school snack and meal program, WIC farmers market nutrition program, Special Milk program

Farm Bill has what?

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), The Emergency Food Assistance Program, Farmers Market Program

The senior farmers market program controls what?

USDA snack program

WIC overview stats:

USDA's third largest food and nutrition assistance pram, 100% federally funded, discretionary program- not an entitlement program

WIC and breastfeeding

WIC mothers choosing to breastfeed get special counseling, educational materials, and follow-up support through peer counselors. BF are eligible to participate in WIC longer than non BF. Excusively BF get enhanced food packages, BF can recieve breast pumps etc.

What items are not allowed to be purchased with SNAP?

alcoholic beverages, cigarettes, foods hot at point of sale, non-food items, vitamins or medicines and pet foods or PERSONAL CARE ITEMS

Nutrition education is available to who?

all participants, 2 education sessions during each 6 month period, goal is to emphasize relationship between nutrition, PA and health, assist individuals at nutritional risk improve their health status and achieve a positive change in dietary and physical activity habits

SNAP reduces poverty how:

benefits did more to reduce the depth and severity of poverty than the rate of poverty from 2000 to 2009

SNAP benefits:

can be used to purchase all foods intended to be eaten at home

Child and Adult Care Food Program diet quality:

fewer sweetened bevs and other sweets, more healthy, more milk veggies, etc.

SNAP program overview:

foundation of america's national nutrition safety net and first line of defense against hunger, entitlement program, provides electronic monthly benefits for eligible participants to purchase food items at authorized food stores.

National School Breakfast/Lunch eligibility:

free meals for household income <130% FPL, reduced for income <185% FPL, students in households receiving snap, foster parent households are automatically free meal paticipation

WIC food packages allow

fruit and vegetable checks to be used for fresh, frozen and canned fruits and veggies and also at farmers' markets

Impact of WIC food package revision:

improvement in availability and variety of healthy foods in retail food outlets, improvements in dietary behaviors

What is the impact of WIC food package revision?

improvement in availability and variety of healthy foods in retial food outlets, improvements in dietary behaviors

Hunger, Obesity and SNAP participation facts:

individuals with limited incomes are more vulnerable to obesity risk, most obese adults are not low income, potential effects of food assistance on obesity are interconnected with effects of SES

WIC & Diet quality

lower kcal's from: sofas, less peanut butter more: milk, fruit, eggs, beans, nutrient rich overal

WIC Program delivery

lower priority for older children and nonBF women, supplemental food packages, nutrition education, health care and social services referral

SNAP Allotments

monthly allotment of SNAP benefits based on the Thrifty Food Plan, average monthly benefit is $125/person

Nutrition Standards for National School Breakfast/Lunch

offer a daily meat/alternative, fat free and low fat milk, reduce sodium content over 10 years, 0 grams trans fat, requires students to select a a fruit or vege,

Child Nutrition Programs:

provide support for children to eat and learn to eath with nutritious school meals, provide nutrition assistance for day care, after school and summer programs

National School Breakfast/Lunch provisions:

strengthens school wellness, expanded to all 50 states and summer and community, reduce paperwork necessary to enroll in food programs

Child and Adult Care Food Program

subsidizes healthy meals and snack in participating childcare centers, daycare homes and adult daycare= meal reimbursement varies according to age and types of meal served, eligibility based on poverty status, proposed rule open for comment

WIC food packages allow what substitutions?

substitutions for whole grain bread, for milk, for canned fish etc, for beans

WIC food packages

supplemental food package, foods included in package are high in nutrients determined to be beneficial for pregnant, bf and postpartum women, infants and children, designed to address nutritional needs of specific populations

USDA food and nutrition service mission:

to increase food security and reduce hunger in partnership with cooperating organizations by providing children and needy families better access to food, a healthful diet and nutrition education in a manner that supports american agriculture and inspires public confidence

WIC's mission:

to safeguard the health of low income women, infants and children through age 4 who are at nutritional risk. WIC provides nutritious foods to supplement diets, nutrition education and referrals to health care. 1972