J Acad Nutr Diet. 2018 Sep;118(9):1664-1672. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2017.12.005. Epub 2018 Feb 13.
In 2016, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)'s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Retailer Rule proposed several changes for SNAP-authorized retailers, including: requiring retailers to have at least 85% of their food sales come from items that are not cooked or heated on site before or after purchase; requiring stores to stock seven varieties of qualifying foods from four staple food groups; requiring stores to carry perishable foods in three of the four staple groups; requiring stores to carry six units of qualifying foods at all times (depth of stock); disqualifying multiple ingredient foods and accessory foods from counting toward depth of stock requirements.
To better understand arguments used to support or oppose the USDA's proposed rule that all SNAP-authorized retailers carry more nutritious foods.
We conducted a qualitative content analysis of a random sample of public comments posted to the US Federal Register (a publicly available database) in response to the USDA's proposed rule.
PARTICIPANTS/SETTING: A random sample of 20% of all public comments submitted by individuals and organizations to the US Federal Register were analyzed (n=303) for this study.
Three main themes were discussed: 1) arguments used in opposition to the rule; 2) arguments used in support of the rule; and 3) facilitators to assist stores in implementing the rule. Some of the subthemes included focusing on definitions used in the rule, reduced food access caused by stores leaving the SNAP program, lack of space and equipment for healthy foods, and the potential for increasing healthy food access.
Nutrition and dietetics practitioners may be tasked with working with stores to implement healthy changes. Nutrition and dietetics practitioners must understand the role that the USDA has in food policy. In addition, understanding how federal food policy influences the environments in which dietetics professionals' clients are making food choices is important.
2016 年，美国农业部（USDA）的补充营养援助计划（SNAP）零售商规定提议对 SNAP 授权零售商进行几项更改，包括：要求零售商至少有 85%的食品销售额来自购买前后不在现场烹饪或加热的商品；要求商店从四个主食组中储备七种符合条件的食品；要求商店在三个主食组中储备易腐食品；要求商店始终储备六种符合条件的食品（库存深度）；取消多种成分食品和辅助食品计入库存深度要求的资格。
更好地了解支持或反对美国农业部提议的所有 SNAP 授权零售商销售更营养食品的规定的论点。
我们对美国联邦登记处（一个公开可用的数据库）中针对美国农业部提议的规则提交的个人和组织的公共意见的随机样本进行了定性内容分析。
参与者/设置：本研究分析了对美国联邦登记处提交的所有公共意见的 20%的随机样本（n=303）。
讨论了三个主要主题：1）反对该规则的论点；2）支持该规则的论点；3）协助商店实施该规则的促进因素。其中包括一些子主题，如关注规则中使用的定义、由于商店退出 SNAP 计划导致的食品获取减少、健康食品的空间和设备不足、以及增加健康食品获取的潜力。
营养和饮食学从业者可能需要与商店合作实施健康改变。营养和饮食学从业者必须了解 USDA 在食品政策中的作用。此外，了解联邦食品政策如何影响饮食学专业人员的客户做出食物选择的环境是很重要的。
