
{"id":11155,"date":"2022-11-07T15:57:03","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T20:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/?p=11155"},"modified":"2025-05-18T20:19:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T00:19:45","slug":"more-evidence-that-pandemic-era-healthy-helping-program-improved-diet-quality-for-north-carolinians-with-food-insecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/more-evidence-that-pandemic-era-healthy-helping-program-improved-diet-quality-for-north-carolinians-with-food-insecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"More evidence that pandemic-era Healthy Helping program improved diet quality for North Carolinians with food insecurity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:85%\">\n<p>A new study published today in the November issue of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthaffairs.org\/doi\/full\/10.1377\/hlthaff.2022.00902\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Health Affairs<\/em><\/a> underscores the positive impact of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eatwellrx.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Healthy Helping<\/a> produce prescription program that provided North Carolinians facing food insecurity with $40 a month to spend on fruits and vegetables during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/HH-HA_art2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Text reading, &quot;SNAP beneficiaries who participated in Healthy Helping doubled their purchases of fruits, vegetables, nuts, and legumes while enrolled in the program.&quot; next to photo of spilled grocery bag full of fresh produce. Health Helping logo along bottom.\" class=\"wp-image-11207\" style=\"width:512px;height:288px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/HH-HA_art2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/HH-HA_art2-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/HH-HA_art2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/HH-HA_art2-42x24.jpg 42w, https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/HH-HA_art2-107x60.jpg 107w, https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/HH-HA_art2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and nonprofit Reinvestment Partners found that Healthy Helping participants doubled their purchases of fruits, vegetables, nuts, and legumes while enrolled in the program, spending $27 more every month on these healthy foods. What\u2019s more, their spending at the participating supermarket chain increased by $57 per month\u2014more than the $40 incentive amount\u2014suggesting that they may have prioritized this retailer for their grocery shopping during the intervention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Together, these findings indicate that healthy incentive programs like Healthy Helping can achieve double-duty action, addressing health concerns by improving the nutritional profile of grocery purchases among a high-need population while also supporting local economic development during a time of great economic uncertainty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study builds on findings from previous research on the Healthy Helping program finding that prevalence of food insecurity among participants <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/HealthyHelpingBrief_Final_March2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fell by 11 percentage points<\/a> and that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/healthy-helping-program-made-fruits-and-vegetables-affordable-for-low-income-north-carolinians-during-the-covid-19-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">participants were thankful for the benefit<\/a> and appreciated the flexibility to choose more and a greater variety of nutritious foods that would normally be outside their budget. This research is timely given the announcement in September of the White House\u2019s new <a href=\"https:\/\/odphp.health.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2022-06\/White%20House%20Tookit%20(2).pdf\">National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health<\/a> and the upcoming Farm Bill renewal process in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs discussions around the upcoming Farm Bill begin, policymakers should consider the growing evidence around these innovative COVID-relief efforts,\u201d said senior author <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/team\/shu-wen-ng\/\">Shu Wen Ng<\/a>, Distinguished Scholar in Public Health Nutrition and Associate Professor of Nutrition at the Gillings School of Global Public Health and co-director of the Global Food Research Program. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPrograms like Healthy Helping tackled both food and nutritional insecurity by improving access to healthier items. Going forward, we need to more adequate and permanent support for regulatory changes that build resiliency in non-emergency times.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background\" style=\"background-color:#4b9cd3;color:#4b9cd3\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#666666\"><em>This research was supported by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services from their Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act allocation via a grant to Reinvestment Partners.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-small-font-size\" style=\"color:#4b9cd3\"><strong>AUTHORS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/team\/caitlin-lowery\/\">Caitlin Lowery<\/a><br>Richard Henderson<br>Neal Curran<br>Sam Hoeffler<br>Molly De Marco<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/team\/shu-wen-ng\/\">Shu Wen Ng<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background\" style=\"background-color:#4b9cd3;color:#4b9cd3\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color\">Read the study in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthaffairs.org\/doi\/full\/10.1377\/hlthaff.2022.00902\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Health Affairs<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthaffairs.org\/doi\/full\/10.1377\/hlthaff.2022.00902\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6848\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.healthaffairs.org\/pb-assets\/images\/logos\/HA_logo_header_335x112px-1542331212787.png\" alt=\"Health Affairs logo\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background\" style=\"background-color:#4b9cd3;color:#4b9cd3\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-small-font-size\" style=\"color:#4b9cd3\"><strong>READ MORE ABOUT FOOD ASSISTANCE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/healthy-helping-program-made-fruits-and-vegetables-affordable-for-low-income-north-carolinians-during-the-covid-19-pandemic\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" class=\"wp-image-10364\" style=\"width: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/grocery_produce_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"brown grocery bag with fruit spilling out on green background\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/grocery_produce_thumbnail.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/grocery_produce_thumbnail-42x42.jpg 42w, https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/grocery_produce_thumbnail-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a><br><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/healthy-helping-program-made-fruits-and-vegetables-affordable-for-low-income-north-carolinians-during-the-covid-19-pandemic\/\">Participant experiences<\/a> in the Healthy Helping program<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/changes-to-federal-nutrition-assistance-programs-during-covid-19-impacts-and-implications-for-future-policy\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\" class=\"wp-image-6875\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/health-affairs-brief-covid19-food-insecurity-caspi.png\" alt=\"Woman in mask and yellow vest loads boxes of food into car; in foreground, red stop sign reading &quot;HELP STOP HUNGER&quot;; in upper-right corner, teal box reading &quot;Health Policy Brief&quot;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/health-affairs-brief-covid19-food-insecurity-caspi.png 757w, https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/health-affairs-brief-covid19-food-insecurity-caspi-350x197.png 350w, https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/health-affairs-brief-covid19-food-insecurity-caspi-42x24.png 42w, https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/health-affairs-brief-covid19-food-insecurity-caspi-107x60.png 107w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br><em>Changes to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/changes-to-federal-nutrition-assistance-programs-during-covid-19-impacts-and-implications-for-future-policy\/\">nutrition assistance programs<\/a> during COVID-19<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/increased-wic-cash-vouchers-for-fruits-vegetables-have-helped-families-eat-healthier-during-covid-19\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"125\" class=\"wp-image-8701\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WIC-COVID19-Facebook-72-250x208-1.png\" alt=\"WIC is here for you during the COVID-19 outbreak\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WIC-COVID19-Facebook-72-250x208-1.png 250w, https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WIC-COVID19-Facebook-72-250x208-1-42x35.png 42w, https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WIC-COVID19-Facebook-72-250x208-1-72x60.png 72w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><em><br>Increased <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/increased-wic-cash-vouchers-for-fruits-vegetables-have-helped-families-eat-healthier-during-covid-19\/\">WIC cash vouchers<\/a> for fruits &amp; 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