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Research opportunities concerning the causes and consequences of child food insecurity and hunger workshop summary

"Section 141 of The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 20101 provides funding for a research program on the causes and consequences of childhood hunger and food insecurity, and the characteristics of households with childhood hunger and food insecurity, with a particular focus on efforts to impro...

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Main Authors: Kirkendall, Nancy J., House, Carol C. (Author), Citro, Constance F. (Author)
Corporate Authors: National Research Council (U.S.) Committee on National Statistics, Institute of Medicine (U.S.) Food and Nutrition Board, Workshop on Research Gaps--Causes and Consequences of Child Food Insecurity and Hunger (2013, Washington, D.C.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. National Academies Press [2013], 2013
Subjects:
Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
United States
Hunger
Food Supply
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Collection: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Defining and measuring food security
  • Individual and household determinants of child food insecurity and hunger
  • Contextual factors linked to child food insecurity and hunger
  • Individual and family coping responses to hunger
  • Community responses to food insecurity and hunger
  • Public policy responses to hunger
  • Health and developmental correlates of child food insecurity from pregnancy to adolescence
  • Measurement and surveillance of child food insecurity and hunger
  • Wrap-up
  • Includes bibliographical references

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