1. Cost of a Healthy Meal Selena Pistoresi, Lisa McMonagle, & Tess Gordon

2. Special thanks to Bank of America Foundation for their financial support and commitment to the Cost of a Healthy Meal Study

3. 2010 U.S. Population: 308,745,538 Aggregate Food Expenditure: $1.167 trillion Food Cost/Capita $3,780/year/365= $10.36/day U.S Food Expenditure Based on 2010 census data

4. Thrifty Food Plan: $5.37 per day Santa Clara County: $5.80 per day *USDA TFP 2013. http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/USDAFoodCost-Home.htm *8% higher food costs in the County according to Feeding America’s “Map the Meal Gap 2011” Thrifty Food Plan

5. FAI Research Assistants Tess Gordon, Lisa McMonagle, Selena Pistoresi, Courtney Robinson, & Alex Fryé Internship Program 16 interns over the summer in two separate sessions Conducted and analyzed 20 interviews each Research Team

6. Study Total Sites Visited: 31 Interviews Conducted: 704

7. Step 1: Conduct Interview at SHFB Site Research Process Part 1: Basic InformationPart 2: 24-hour Dietary Recall Dinner Item 1Item 2Item 3Note You Ate Food item Units Cups, oz. etc. measure Food Source Grocery store name / SHFB Payment Cash, SNAP, SHFB etc. Price/unit SCU store visit / SHFB est. Price/servi ng Calculated by SCU

8. Step 2: Price food items at grocery stores and calculate food costs – Go to specific grocery store closest to interview site Step 3: Analyze data – Enter food intake into Diet Analysis software – Enter data into Access database Research Process cont’d

9. Current Findings AgeBMI# ChildrenExercise (days) 47.32722 days SNAPWICCACFPNONE 118853410 How long does it last?How long does today's last? 2 weeks Want to purchase more of# MealsCost Fruit; Vegetables; Meat2.5$6.00

10. Difference in Expenditure by Ethnicity

11. Nutrient Deficiencies

12. Nutrient Excesses

13. 49% of our sample eat for under $5.37/day 55% of our sample eat for under $5.80/day Average: $6.00/day Findings Continued

14. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Maps

15. GIS continued

16. 704 interviews collected – Goal: To complete the database (800 interviews) by June 2014 49% of our sample can acquire adequate nutrition on the current Thrifty Food Plan suggestion ($5.37/day) Regional and cultural food cost consideration Continue GIS and publish findings Conclusions and Implications