This report from the field describes the design, implementation, and early evaluation results of the Healthy Weight Collaborative, a federally supported learning collaborative to develop, test, and disseminate an integrated change package of six promising, evidence-based clinical and...

Programs using means tests to identify low-income households face a trade-off between promoting access and ensuring program integrity. In the case of the National School Lunch Program, the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently implemented a pilot program to improve the accuracy of the process...

The author reviews the history of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), describes WIC eligibility and benefits, presents findings from major WIC evaluations, and offers thoughts on the future WIC research agenda.

Summary for publication Addressing the Epidemic of Childhood Obesity Through School-Based Interventions What Has Been Done and Where Do We Go from Here

Although there is a large literature on the effects of U.S. transfer programs on labor supply, this is the first such study of the Food Stamp Program.

This review focuses on dietary intake and dietary supplement use among the U.S. population age 1–74 based on four National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys conducted in 1971–74, 1976–80, 1988–94, and 1999–2000.

Identifies major contributors to children's intake of MyPyramid food groups, and strategies for improving the quality of children's diets.