Increases in Sugary Drink Marketing During Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefit Issuance in New York

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• Alternative Title:
  Am J Prev Med
• Personal Author:
  Moran, Alyssa J. ; Musicus, Aviva ; Findling, Mary T. Gorski ; Brissette, Ian F. ; Lowenfels, Ann A. ; Subramanian, SV ; Roberto, Christina A.
• Description:
  Introduction:
  
  The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the largest federal food assistance program, providing $67 billion in benefits to 44 million Americans. Some states distribute SNAP benefits over one or a few days each month, which may create an incentive for retailers to heavily promote top-selling products, like sugar-sweetened beverages, when benefits are disbursed.
  
  Methods:
  
  A beverage environment scan assessing presence of displays, advertisements, and price promotions for sugar-sweetened, low-calorie, and unsweetened beverages was administered in a census of SNAP-authorized beverage retailers (n=630) in three cities in New York from November to September 2011. Multilevel regression models controlling for store type; county; and percentage SNAP enrollment, poverty, and non-Hispanic white population in the store’s census tract were used to estimate the odds of in-store beverage marketing during the SNAP benefit issuance period compared to other days of the month. Data were analyzed in 2016.
  
  Results:
  
  There were higher odds of in-store sugar-sweetened beverage marketing during SNAP benefit issuance days (first to ninth days of the month) compared with other days of the month, particularly for sugar-sweetened beverage advertisements (OR=1.66, 95% CI=1.01, 2.72) and displays (OR=1.88, 95% CI=1.16, 3.03). In census tracts with high SNAP enrollment (>28%), the odds of a retailer having sugar-sweetened beverage displays were 4.35 times higher (95% CI=1.93, 9.98) during issuance compared with non-issuance days. There were no differences in marketing for low-calorie or unsweetened beverages.
  
  Conclusions:
  
  Increases in sugar-sweetened beverage marketing during issuance may exacerbate disparities in diet quality of households participating in SNAP. Policy changes, like extending SNAP benefit issuance, may mitigate these effects.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Article
• Source:
  Am J Prev Med. 55(1):55-62
• Pubmed ID:
  29776786
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6128139
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  P30 AG034546/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States ; T32 DK007703/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States ; T32 ES007069/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States ; T42 OH008416/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States
• Volume:
  55
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
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  urn:sha256:def405594df25f124bcfb975354e8b626c3a5f0e13be39eb3fbc2a7f026c5221
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