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Food insecurity is a serious problem facing children in the U.S. In 2008, about one-infive
children were food insecure insofar as they lived in families without the financial means to
access enough food to sustain active, healthy living (Nord et aI., 2009). These rates are for the
full population of children - the rates among low-income children are over twice as high. The
problem of food insecurity has become particularly acute in recent years including an
unprecedented increase of over 30% from 2007 to 2008. That children in the U.S. are going
without sufficient amounts of food is of concern in its own right. What makes food insecurity of
even greater public health interest is its association with negative health outcomes. Previous
research, spanning numerous empirical studies, has found that children in families suffering from
food insecurity are more likely to have fair or poor general health (Chilton et aI., 2009; Cook et
aI., 2004; Cook et aI., 2006; Dunifon and Kowaleski-Jones, 2003; Gundersen and Kreider, 2009;
Kirkpatrick et aI., 2010; Weinreb et aI., 2002; Y00 et aI., 2009), psychosocial problems (Alaimo
et aI, 2001; Alaimo et aI., 2002; Kleinman et aI., 1998; Murphy et aI., 1998; Weinreb et aI.,
2002), frequent stomachaches and headaches (Alaimo et aI., 200 I), increased odds of being
hospitalized (Cook et aI., 2004), greater propensities to have seen a psychologist (Alaimo et aI.,
2001), behavior problems (Slack and Yoo, 2005; Whitaker et aI., 2006), reduced intakes of
important nutrients (Kaiser et aI., 2002; Kaiser et aI., 2003; Matheson et aI., 2002), worse
developmental outcomes (Hernandez and Jacknowitz, 2009; Jyoti et aI., 2005; Rose-Jacobs et aI.,
2008), more chronic illnesses (Weinreb et aI., 2002), impaired functioning (Murphy et aI., 1998),
impaired mental proficiency (Zaslow et aI., 2009), and higher levels of iron deficiency with
anemia (Eicher-Miller et aI., 2009; Skalicky et aI., 2006).
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 9/29/10 → 9/28/15 |
Funding
- US Department of Agriculture: $1,997,052.00
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