320.989        Decreasing the Incidence of Obesity and Negative Sequelae by Reducing the Cost Disparity Between Calorie-Dense, Nutrition-Poor Foods and Nutrition-Dense Foods:

320.989        Decreasing the Incidence of Obesity and Negative Sequelae by Reducing the Cost Disparity Between Calorie-Dense, Nutrition-Poor Foods and Nutrition-Dense Foods:

MSSNY supports:

• efforts which seek to decrease the price gap between calorie-dense, nutrition-poor (CDNP) foods and naturally nutrition-dense (ND) foods to improve health in economically disadvantaged populations by encouraging the expansion, through increased funds and increased enrollment, of existing programs that seek to improve nutrition and reduce obesity such as the Farmer’s Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) as a part of the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program;
• novel application of FMNP to existing programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and apply program models that incentivize the consumption of ND foods in wider food distribution venues than solely in farmer’s markets as part of WIC. (HOD 2010-168; Amended and reaffirmed HOD 2020)