Changes in Physical and Mental Health After the End of SNAP Emergency Allotments

Michael Liu; Daniel Y Johnson; Sara N Bleich; Prihatha R Narasimmaraj; Camilla Bjorck-Posson; Jose F Figueroa; Rishi K Wadhera

doi:10.1001/jama.2025.6010

Changes in Physical and Mental Health After the End of SNAP Emergency Allotments

JAMA. 2025 Jul 8;334(2):175-177. doi: 10.1001/jama.2025.6010.

Authors

Michael Liu^{1

2}, Daniel Y Johnson^{1

3}, Sara N Bleich⁴, Prihatha R Narasimmaraj¹, Camilla Bjorck-Posson¹, Jose F Figueroa^{2

4}, Rishi K Wadhera^{1

2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
⁴ Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study uses data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to examine how Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program emergency allotments impacted physical and mental health.

Grants and funding

R01 NR021686/NR/NINR NIH HHS/United States