This report contains the initial findings of the committee charged with identifying the nutrients and food groups that … should be given priority attention when changes are recommended in WIC food packages. The committee recommends that … vegetables, fruits, and dairy products be given priority. The report also reviews nutrient intake, food groups being consumed …

Using 2005 data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Third School Nutrition Dietary Assessment survey, this study … examines the contribution of school meals to the food and nutrient intake of children in food-secure, marginally secure, and … food-insecure households. The study finds that children from food-insecure and marginally secure households receive a …

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides food assistance to more than 47 million low … lifestyle, otherwise known as "food security." Our study conducted for the Food and Nutrition Service of the U.S. Department of …-income Americans every month. It aims to reduce hunger by facilitating beneficiaries’ access to enough food for a healthy, active …

Describes the design of a national study of USDA's Summer Food Service Program, created in 1975 to provide children …

This report looks at spending patterns for food, housing, health care, and other categories of low-income households in … 2005. It compares allocations of consumption across spending categories for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP …

This report, the largest and most comprehensive examination of Americans who seek emergency food relief and the … receiving assistance, food insecurity, choices between food and other necessities, food assistance received from the government …

WIC provides food, nutrition education, breastfeeding support, and health care and social service referrals to …