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June 1, 2013

Location Springfield Illinois

Organization Illinois Public Health Institute

This HIA informed the Illinois General Assembly’s deliberations on legislative proposals to seek a waiver from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to ban the use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for purchasing sugar-sweetened beverages.

More Information

HIA Website:

https://iphionline.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/hia-on-snap-and-sugar-sweetened-beverages.html-charsetutf-8

Organization Web Site:

http://www.iphionline.org/

News Release:

http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs180/1103010793095/archive/1117226341589.html

At A Glance

Status:

Completed
Publication date:

2013
Decision-making levels:

State
Sectors:

Food and nutrition policy
Additional topic areas:

Food and nutrition, Programs
Drivers of health:

Access to healthy food, Diet and physical activity, Income and wealth
Affected populations:

Economically disadvantaged
Community types:

Urban
Research methods:

Literature review, Focus groups, Qualitative research
Funding source:

Health Impact Project grantee