The Case for a National SNAP Fruit and Vegetable Incentive Program

Affiliations

¹ Sara John and Parke Wilde are with the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, MA. Reece Lyerly is with the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and the Rhode Island Public Health Institute, Providence. Eliza Dexter Cohen and Eliza Lawson are with the Rhode Island Public Health Institute. Amy Nunn is with the Rhode Island Public Health Institute and School of Public Health Center for Health Equity Research, Brown University, Providence.

Editorial

Sara John et al. Am J Public Health. 2021 Jan.

. 2021 Jan;111(1):27-29.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.305987.

¹ Sara John and Parke Wilde are with the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, MA. Reece Lyerly is with the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and the Rhode Island Public Health Institute, Providence. Eliza Dexter Cohen and Eliza Lawson are with the Rhode Island Public Health Institute. Amy Nunn is with the Rhode Island Public Health Institute and School of Public Health Center for Health Equity Research, Brown University, Providence.

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