{ "culture": "en-US", "name": "", "guid": "", "catalogPath": "", "snippet": "Food environment factors\u2014such as store/restaurant proximity, food prices, food and nutrition assistance programs, and community characteristics\u2014interact to influence food choices and diet quality. Research has been documenting the complexity of these interactions, but more research is needed to identify causal relationships and effective policy interventions.\n\nThe objectives of the Atlas are:\n\nto assemble statistics on food environment indicators to stimulate research on the determinants of food choices and diet quality, and\nto provide a spatial overview of a community's ability to access healthy food and its success in doing so.", "description": "

This Atlas allows visualization of assembled statistics regarding nutrition assistance programs available in the United States. The Food Environment of the communities may contribute to the similarities or differences between communities and their indicators.<\/SPAN><\/P><\/DIV>", "summary": "Food environment factors\u2014such as store/restaurant proximity, food prices, food and nutrition assistance programs, and community characteristics\u2014interact to influence food choices and diet quality. Research has been documenting the complexity of these interactions, but more research is needed to identify causal relationships and effective policy interventions.\n\nThe objectives of the Atlas are:\n\nto assemble statistics on food environment indicators to stimulate research on the determinants of food choices and diet quality, and\nto provide a spatial overview of a community's ability to access healthy food and its success in doing so.", "title": "Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs", "tags": [ "Counties", "Temporal", "2007", "2021", "Assistance", "Nutrition", "WIC", "SNAP" ], "type": "", "typeKeywords": [], "thumbnail": "", "url": "", "minScale": 20000000, "maxScale": 500000, "spatialReference": "", "accessInformation": "USDA REE-ERS\nUS Census Bureau", "licenseInfo": "

These data were created for visual representation of statistical data for visual and proximal analysis. These data are not for navigation, or detailed legal purposes.<\/SPAN><\/P><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV>", "portalUrl": "" }