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The Cost of a Healthy Meal Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties

The Cost of a Healthy Meal Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. Mahbod Parvar Courtney Robinson Lisa McMonagle. Special thanks to Bank of America Foundation for their financial assistance in support of the Cost of a Healthy Meal Study. Cost of Food Per Day. 2010 US Population: 308,745,538

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The Cost of a Healthy Meal Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties

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  1. The Cost of a Healthy MealSanta Clara and San Mateo Counties • MahbodParvar • Courtney Robinson • Lisa McMonagle

  2. Special thanks to Bank of America Foundation for their financial assistance in support of the Cost of a Healthy Meal Study

  3. Cost of Food Per Day • 2010 US Population: 308,745,538 • Aggregate Food Expenditure: $1.167 trillion Food Cost/Capita $3,780 yr./365 = $10.36/day *US Census Bureau. http://2010.census.gov/news/releases/operations/cb10-cn93.html *USDA. http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-expenditures.aspx

  4. Government Allotment Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Food Stamps) Thrifty Food Plan: Santa Clara County: Are low-income individuals eating a healthy diet? $5.30/day $5.72/day *USDA TFP 2012. http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/USDAFoodCost-Home.htm *8% higher food costs in the County according to Feeding America’s “Map the Meal Gap 2011”

  5. 2011 Sites Visited: 13 Interviews Collected: 78 *went to some sites more than once (total site visits = 19)

  6. 2012 Sites Visited: 32 INTERVIEWS Completed: 320 Projected: 80 Total400

  7. DataGathering Team • FAI Research Assistants • Courtney Robinson, Lisa McMonagle, MahbodParvar, Veronica Koo, Nick Leasure & others • Internship program in collaboration with SCU Public Health Science Department • Seven Interns over the summer • Conducted 20 interviews each to satisfy their internship requirement

  8. Research Process 1) Conduct Interview a) Record personal data…

  9. Research Process (cont’d) 1) Interview b) Record the subject’s 24-hour Dietary Recall 2) Price foods at specific grocery stores 3) Calculate total price of food for the day 4) Enter food intake into Diet Analysis Software

  10. Current Findings 400 interviews gathered

  11. Differencesin Expenditures • Interview Data to 7 September, 2011

  12. Differencesin Expenditures, cont’d

  13. Our Findings 47% of our sample eat for under $5.30/day Average: $5.85 Standard Deviation: $2.50 But 70% were within one standard deviation Food cost level is impacted by Gender, Age, Ethnicity, Height, Weight, Dietary Restrictions, Activity, etc.

  14. What affects food cost most? • 43% want to purchase more meat • 46% want more vegetables • 61% want more fruit Percent of Total Expenditures

  15. What do their diets look like?

  16. Conclusions • 400 interviews gathered (Diet and Costs) • Some low-income individuals can eat healthily on current SNAP allotment ($5.30/day) • New questions to answer • Are they compensating price for health? • Ethnic preferences/cultural differences and healthy balance? • Would limiting purchasing power by reducing high sugar/high fat items from SNAP allotment increase healthy eating?

  17. Questions

  18. The Future • Further data collection to validate current findings 800 interviews by 2013 Follow-up interviews  Further nutritional analysis

  19. Questions

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