The purpose of this study was to examine U.S. adults on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistant Program (SNAP) to see if there was a correlation between food insecurities, weight and dietary quality. Methods used for this study used several evalutaions and calcualtaions of dietary intake and covariants. The 2003 to 2010 National Helath & Nutrition Examination Survey was used as the basis in calculating the dietary intake. Covarients included diet, weight, participation in SNAP, total caloric intake, solid fat, body mass index (BMI), 4 levels of food security and empty calories. Results found that SNAP adult participates with low food Securities had low BMI and probability of obesity. As well as better diets. All results were found to be stronger
