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Promoting Client Nutrition In Urban Utah Food Pantries, Casey Coombs
Promoting Client Nutrition In Urban Utah Food Pantries, Casey Coombs
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Food pantry clients are at an increased risk of poor diet quality which can lead to a variety of chronic diseases. Identifying nutrition interventions that help improve the dietary intake of this vulnerable population is important to help improve health outcomes. Utah’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed), also known as Food $ense, partners with many pantries throughout the state to improve healthy food access. This research was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a pantry intervention, Thumbs Up for Healthy Choices, to evaluate its impact on food pantry clients’ selection and use of identified healthy foods. In addition to program …