Child Food Insecurity: The Economic Impact on our Nation
Contributing Organization(s): Feeding America (formerly America's Second Harvest)
Author(s)/Creator(s): John Cook; Karen Jeng
Publishing Date: 2009-07-01
Issue Areas: Children and Youth; Poverty and Hunger
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File info: 36 pages; 2.53 MB file size
In this report we present 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.
In addition, we place these research results within the context of other research on food security and hunger over the past ten years. Several important themes emerge from the research we describe. These include:
Child Hunger is a Health Problem
Child Hunger is an Educational Problem
Child Hunger is a Workforce and Job Readiness Problem
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Type/Format: Whitepaper
Language code: English
Type/Format: Whitepaper
Language code: English
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