Releases for the week of: July 29, 2013 to August 02, 2013
New from USDA's Economic Research Service
Topic: Food & Nutrition Assistance
Effects of the Decline in the Real Value of SNAP Benefits From 2009 to 2011
Food security of SNAP recipients worsened from 2009 to 2011 as inflation reduced the value of SNAP benefits, eroding improvement that followed the 2009 increase in SNAP benefits mandated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
August 02, 2013
Nutrition
Compiled: August 2, 2013 06:09:37 PM
HEALTH
Making the Case for Eating Fruit
Karen Barrow, Pedro Rafael Rosado, Kriston Lewis and Abe Sater
Fresh fruit should not become a casualty in the sugar wars, many nutrition experts say.