Comparing demographic and health characteristics of new and existing SNAP recipients: application of a machine learning algorithm.

CONCLUSION: We developed a novel algorithm for predicting new and existing SNAP recipiency that can be applied to other data sets, and subsequently demonstrated differences in health characteristics between new and existing recipients. The expansion of SNAP since the Great Recession enrolled a population that differed from the existing SNAP population and that may benefit from different types of nutritional and health services than those traditionally offered. PMID: 30949659 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30949659?dopt=Abstract

Source: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition - April 3, 2019 Category: Nutrition Authors: Hamad R, Templeton ZS, Schoemaker L, Zhao M, Bhattacharya J Tags: Am J Clin Nutr Source Type: research