Hunger and Food Security
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Child Food Insecurity: The Economic Impact on our Nation
Author: Cook, John (2 more by this author); Karen Jeng
Description: A report commissioned by Feeding America and The ConAgra Foods Foundation, and written by Children's HealthWatch, details the impacts that food insecurity in children has on the nation's economic future. The report explores data from Children's HealthWatch and other literature that demonstrates how food insecurity and hunger with other correlates of poverty can significantly alter the architecture of children's brains, thus affecting their ability to reach their full potential as adults.
Hot Topic: Food Insecurity and Immigrant Children - Implications for Growth and Development 
Description: This Hot Topic resource includes information and links to articles, data, and research related to food insecurity and it's impact on children.
Household Food Insecurity: Serious Concerns for Child Development
Author: Fiese, Barbara (1 more by this author); Craig Gundersen,; Brenda Koester; LaTesha Washington
Description: This Social Policy Report provides an overview of the measurement of
food security during childhood, consequences to child development, public and private food assistance programs and their effectiveness, and recommendations to researchers and policy makers. Policy recommendations focus on addressing gaps in private and public food assistance programs, addressing persistent poverty, and the role of developmental scientists in advancing research-to-policy on the consequences of food insecurity for child development.
Description: This Web site is a searchable collection of government resources about a wide variety of health and nutrition topics.
Description: This Extension website includes information on how to get the most out of your food budget. Some knowledge of nutrition, plus careful meal planning, skillful shopping, proper food storage, handling, and preparation will help you to serve satisfying meals while remaining within your food budget.
The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010
Description: This fact sheet provides information on the legislation Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. This impacts the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), National School Lunch Program, Summer Food Service Program, and WIC. The provisions for CACFP are focused on the promotion of nutrition and wellness, reducing paperwork, and increasing access to after-school meals for school-age children.
Specific provisions for each program are included.
– Professional Development –
The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010
Description: This fact sheet provides information on the legislation Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. This impacts the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), National School Lunch Program, Summer Food Service Program, and WIC. The provisions for CACFP are focused on the promotion of nutrition and wellness, reducing paperwork, and increasing access to after-school meals for school-age children.
Specific provisions for each program are included.
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Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) Publications
Description: This website provides program materials from North Carolina's Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP). EFNEP helps adult participants learn skills and strategies to feed their family nutritious meals on a limited budget and improve their overall health. The skills learned also help families learn how to change behaviors that place them at risk for overweight and the diseases associated with being overweight.
This link provides access to publications used by this program
Description: Chapter 13 in a manual that addresses community strategies to help families become
self-sufficient. This chapter discusses issues associated with obtaining healthy food for low income families.
Food Research and Action Center
Description: This Web site provides links to many articles and much information pertaining to childhood hunger, food stamps, food assistance, USDA food programs, and much more.
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Child Food Insecurity in the United States: 2006 - 2008
Author: Cook, John (2 more by this author)
Description: The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) releases an annual report on the state of food insecurity in the United States, which focuses on the general population in each state. This new report delves deeper into the data in order to bring the child hunger statistics to the forefront. The study includes a comprehensive list of state rankings that also names Missouri, Mississippi, Georgia, Maine, South Carolina, Florida and Oregon, as well as the District of Columbia, at the top of the list.
In addition, the study includes regional data on food insecurity for children under the age of 5.
Child Food Insecurity: The Economic Impact On Our Nation
Author: Cook, John (2 more by this author); Karen Jeng
Description: This report presents the results of Children’s HealthWatch’s recent research on the associations of food insecurity and hunger, as measured by the US Food Security Scale, with child health, growth and development. These research results are also reviewed within the context of other research on food security and hunger over the past ten years.
Several important themes emerge from the research including; child hunger is a health problem (illness costs money, growth is impaired), child hunger is an educational problem (hungry children cannot learn as well), and child hunger is a workforce and job readiness problem (workers who experienced hunger as children are not well prepared for the workforce).
Food Insecurity Among Young Children In Immigrant Families
Description: This news brief highlights the impact of food insecurity on children from immigrant families. Recommendations include states working to ensure that families understand immigrant eligibility for federal benefits and work with trusted messengers, including community-based organizations, to connect families to nutrition assistance programs.
Food Insecurity in Households with Children: Prevalence, Severity, and Household Characteristics
Author: Nord, Mark
Description: This summary of a report for the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture provides information on food security in the United States in 2007. In 2007, nearly 16 percent of households with children were food insecure sometime during the year, including 8.3 percent in which children were food insecure and 0.8 percent in which one or more children experienced very low food security—the most severe food-insecure condition measured by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. This study found that about 85 percent of households with food-insecure children had a working adult, including 70 percent with a full-time worker. Fewer than half of households with food-insecure children included an adult educated past high school.
Full report can be found at http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/EIB56/EIB56.pdf.
Description: This website provides an interactive map of the United States that contains information on the hunger statistics for each state. You can select your state from the map and start learning more about the residents struggling with hunger and the food banks that serve them.