A Systematic Review: The Impact of COVID-19 Policy Flexibilities on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Women, Infants, and Children Programmatic Outcomes.

In response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency (PHE), the federal government deployed policy flexibilities in food and nutrition assistance programs including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) to meet the needs those experiencing economic hardship. Emergent literature evaluates the impact of these flexibilities on program outcomes. The objective of this study was to explore the impact of policy flexibilities deployed during the COVID-19 PHE on access, enrollment/retention, benefit utilization, and perceptions of SNAP and WIC.

"We Want to Eat and be Healthy just like Everybody Else:" How Social Infrastructures Affect Nutrition Equity in a Racialized Urban Community in the United States.

Background: Food security and nutrition equity, 2 social determinants of health, are impacted by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the racialization of urban communities. Few studies to date have examined how the use of social infrastructures in the United States during COVID-19 affected the ability to achieve food security and nutrition equity.

Objectives: To describe how the use of social infrastructures impacts food security and nutrition equity in a majority Black and urban community in the United States.

Integration and coordination across public benefit programs: Insights from state and local government leaders in the United States.

•Integration across public benefit programs could streamline access to services.•Modernized technology and shared missions among agencies promote integration.•Limited financial resources and insufficient guidance hinder integration.

Revisiting revitalization: exploring how structural determinants moderate pathways between neighborhood change and health.

Vacant housing can produce many issues that affect residents' quality of life, especially in historically segregated communities of color. To address these challenges, local governments invest in strategic, place-based revitalization initiatives focused on the regeneration of vacant housing. Yet, the outcomes of these efforts remain contested.

State Implementation of SNAP Waivers and Flexibilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspectives From State Agency Leaders.

Objective: To describe state agencies' implementation of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) during the first year of the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, barriers and facilitators to SNAP implementation, and recommendations to improve SNAP implementation.

Design: Qualitative methodology guided by Bullock's determinants of policy implementation framework using 7 semistructured, virtual focus groups in April 2021.

Setting: Twenty-six states representing all 7 US Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service regions.

Food Marketing Practices of Major Online Grocery Retailers in the United States, 2019-2020.

Background: Food marketing influences consumers' preferences for and selection of marketed products. Although a substantial body of research has described food-marketing practices in brick-and-mortar stores, no research has examined food marketing in online grocery retail despite its growing importance as a source of food-at-home purchases.

Objective: To develop and apply a coding instrument to describe food marketing and the nutritional quality of marketed products in online grocery stores.

Content Analysis of Online Grocery Retail Policies and Practices Affecting Healthy Food Access.

Objective: To describe policies and practices of online grocery retailers that may affect healthy food access, including retailers participating in the US Department of Agriculture's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Online Purchasing Pilot.

Design: Cross-sectional, quantitative content analysis of 21 online grocery retail websites from November 2019 to January 2020.

Main Outcome Measures: Data collected using a coding instrument capturing the presence of policies and practices related to (1) online purchasing and delivery access; (2) availability of features that allow price comparisons and provide nutrition information; and (3) data privacy.

State and Local Healthy Kids' Meal Laws in the United States: A Review and Content Analysis.

Background: To address unhealthy restaurant food intake among children, localities and states are passing healthy restaurant kids' meal laws. However, there is limited knowledge of what these policies require and how they compare with expert and industry nutrition standards.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to develop a research instrument to evaluate healthy kids' meal laws and assess their alignment with expert and industry nutrition standards.

Acquisition, mobility and food insecurity: integrated food systems opportunities across urbanicity levels highlighted by COVID-19.

Objective: To investigate acquisition and mobility experiences of food-insecure individuals across urbanicity levels (i.e., urban, suburban, rural) in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Manager Perspectives on Implementation of a Farmers' Market Incentive Program in Maryland.

Objective: A growing number of farmers' markets offer incentive programs to increase access to fresh produce in low-income communities and support local farmers, yet program implementation has not been widely studied. This qualitative study explored market manager perspectives on implementing a Maryland statewide farmers' market incentive program.

Design: Semistructured interviews with market managers.