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SNAP Households Acquire About as Many Calories as Non-SNAP Households, But Spend Less

March 27, 2018 Lisa Mancino and Joanne Guthrie, Economic Research Service

Households can have similar food needs, but often have different budgets with which to meet them. These budget differences may help explain observed differences in food spending and diet quality. A new report from USDA’s Economic Research Service digs into this issue using household level data from...

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Going Nuts for Calories!

March 23, 2018 Sharon Durham, Public Affairs Specialist, Agricultural Research Service

We all love nuts, but we’re careful not to eat too many because of the high fat calories. Now, there may be less to worry about. In a series of studies, USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) physiologists David Baer and Janet Novotny looked at how many calories of almonds, walnuts, and...

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