Is the healthy start scheme associated with increased food expenditure in low-income families with young children in the United Kingdom?

• Main Authors: Jennie Parnham (Author), Christopher Millett (Author), Kiara Chang (Author), Anthony A. Laverty (Author), Stephanie von Hinke (Author), Jonathan Pearson-Stuttard (Author), Eszter P. Vamos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Healthy Start is a food assistance programme in the United Kingdom (UK) which aims to provide a nutritional safety-net and enable low-income families on welfare benefits to access a healthier diet through the provision of food vouchers. Healthy Start was launched in 2006 but rema...