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Understanding the Thrift Food Plan: a research summary

This research brief explains the role of the Thrifty Food Plan (TFP), a theoretical healthy diet that determines the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit a person can receive, based on a January 2025 article in Food Policy by researchers from Penn State University, Tufts University, and Duke University.

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