Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, Yale University, 309 Edwards Street, New HavenCT 06520-8369, USA.
Am J Prev Med. 2012 Oct;43(4):411-8. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2012.06.015.
Sugar-sweetened beverages are a target for reduction in the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Concerns have been raised about sugar-sweetened beverages purchased with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.
This paper describes purchases of non-alcoholic refreshment beverages among participants in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and SNAP.
Grocery store scanner data from a regional supermarket chain were used to assess refreshment beverage purchases of 39,172 households in January-June 2011. The sample consisted of families with a history of WIC participation in 2009-2011; about half also participated in SNAP. Beverage spending and volume purchased were compared for WIC sampled households either using SNAP benefits (SNAP) or not (WIC-only). Analyses were completed in 2012.
Refreshment beverages were a significant contributor to expenditure on groceries by SNAP and WIC households. Sugar-sweetened beverages accounted for 58% of refreshment beverage purchases made by SNAP households and 48% of purchases by WIC-only households. Soft drinks were purchased most by all households. Fruit-based beverages were mainly 100% juice for WIC-only households and sugary fruit drinks for SNAP households. SNAP benefits paid for 72% of the sugar-sweetened beverage purchases made by SNAP households. Nationwide, SNAP was estimated to pay at least $1.7 to $2.1 billion annually for sugar-sweetened beverages purchased in grocery stores.
Considerable amounts of sugar-sweetened beverages are purchased by households participating in WIC and SNAP. The SNAP program pays for most of the sugar-sweetened beverage purchases among SNAP households. The upcoming SNAP reauthorization could be a good time to reconsider the program priorities to align public funds with public health.
含糖饮料是 2010 年《美国人膳食指南》中减少的目标。有人对使用补充营养援助计划 (SNAP) 福利购买的含糖饮料表示担忧。
本文描述了美国农业部妇女、婴儿和儿童特别补充营养计划 (WIC) 和 SNAP 参与者购买的非酒精性饮料。
使用区域连锁杂货店的杂货店扫描仪数据，评估 2011 年 1 月至 6 月期间 39172 户家庭的非酒精饮料购买情况。该样本包括 2009-2011 年有 WIC 参与史的家庭；约一半还参加了 SNAP。比较了有 WIC 抽样家庭的饮料消费和购买量，这些家庭要么使用 SNAP 福利（SNAP），要么不使用（仅限 WIC）。分析于 2012 年完成。
饮料是 SNAP 和 WIC 家庭杂货支出的重要组成部分。含糖饮料占 SNAP 家庭购买的饮料的 58%，占仅限 WIC 家庭购买的饮料的 48%。所有家庭都购买了软饮料。仅限 WIC 家庭购买的水果饮料主要是 100%果汁，SNAP 家庭购买的是含糖水果饮料。SNAP 福利支付了 SNAP 家庭购买的含糖饮料的 72%。据估计，全国范围内，SNAP 每年在杂货店购买的含糖饮料至少要花费 17 亿至 21 亿美元。
参与 WIC 和 SNAP 的家庭购买了大量的含糖饮料。SNAP 计划支付了 SNAP 家庭购买的大部分含糖饮料。即将进行的 SNAP 授权可以是重新考虑该计划重点以将公共资金与公共卫生保持一致的好时机。
