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A critique of the objective function utilized in calculating the Thrifty Food Plan

The Thrifty Food Plan (TFP) is the basis of benefit allocations within the USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which administers nearly $70 billion in benefits to over 42 million people annually. To produce the allocation of food within the TFP, the USDA uses a mathematical opti...

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Autores principales: Babb, Angela M., Knudsen, Daniel C., Robeson, Scott M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6645498/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31329629
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219895