Is the healthy start scheme associated with increased food expenditure in low-income families with young children in the United Kingdom?
Abstract Background Healthy Start is a food assistance programme in the United Kingdom (UK) which aims to provide a nutritional safety-net and enable low-income families on welfare benefits to access a healthier diet through the provision of food vouchers. Healthy Start was launched in 2006 but rema...
Main Authors: | Jennie Parnham, Christopher Millett, Kiara Chang, Anthony A. Laverty, Stephanie von Hinke, Jonathan Pearson-Stuttard, Eszter P. Vamos |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-12-01
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Series: | BMC Public Health |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-12222-5 |
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