State Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Policies and Cardiovascular Mortality - Takeaways - MDSpire

Policies of the State Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Their Impact on Cardiovascular Mortality Rates

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  • Sriya Potluri

  • Nicholas Illenberger

  • Sameed Ahmed M. Khatana

  • July 20, 2026

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    Food insecurity affected 47.4 million individuals in 2023, linking it to adverse cardiovascular health outcomes.

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    SNAP, with over 42 million participants in 2023, is the largest US program providing food purchasing assistance.

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    State-level variations in SNAP policies impact participation rates and are associated with population-level food insecurity.

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    The study utilized a g-computation framework to analyze the relationship between SNAP policy changes and cardiovascular mortality.

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    County-level cardiovascular mortality data from 2006 to 2019 was analyzed in relation to changes in a SNAP policy index.

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State Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Policies and Cardiovascular Mortality

  • by Sriya Potluri, Nicholas Illenberger, Sameed Ahmed M. Khatana

  • July 20, 2026

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