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Oliveira, Victor; Gundersen, Craig - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2000

After controlling for self-selection bias, participation in the WIC program (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for …

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HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY IN THE UNITED STATES, 2003

Nord, Mark; Andrews, Margaret S.; Carlson, Steven - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2004

Eighty-nine percent of American households were food secure throughout the entire year in 2003, meaning that they had access, at all times, to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members. The remaining households were food insecure at least some time during that year. The...

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FOOD ASSISTANCE AND NUTRITION RESEARCH SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM: EXECUTIVE SUMMARIES OF 2002 RESEARCH GRANTS

Tiehen, Laura - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2003

This report summarizes research findings from the Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Small Grants Program. The Economic Research Service created the program in 1998 to stimulate new and innovative research on food assistance and nutrition issues and to broaden the participation of social...

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FOOD ASSISTANCE AND NUTRITION RESEARCH SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM: EXECUTIVE SUMMARIES OF 2001 RESEARCH GRANTS

Tiehen, Laura - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2003

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005806395

HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY IN THE UNITED STATES, 2001

Nord, Mark; Andrews, Margaret S.; Carlson, Steven - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2002

Eighty-nine percent of American households were food secure throughout the entire year 2001. The rest were food insecure at least some time during the year, meaning they did not always have access to enough food for active, healthy lives for all household members because they lacked sufficient...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005060853

HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY IN THE UNITED STATES, 2002

Nord, Mark; Andrews, Margaret S.; Carlson, Steven - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2003

Eighty-nine percent of American households were food secure throughout the entire year 2002, meaning that they had access, at all times, to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members. The remaining households were food insecure at least some time during that year. The...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005060858

A COMPARISON OF FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS IN MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES

Gundersen, Craig; Yanez, Mara; Valdes, Constanza; Kuhn, … - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2002

The social safety nets in Mexico and the United States rely heavily on food assistance programs to ensure food security and access to safe and nutritious foods. To achieve these general goals, both countries' programs are exclusively paid for out of internal funds and both target low-income...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005494066

FOOD ASSISTANCE AND NUTRITION RESEARCH SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM: EXECUTIVE SUMMARIES OF 2003 RESEARCH GRANTS

Tiehen, Laura - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2004

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005525888

CHILDREN'S CONSUMPTION OF WIC-APPROVED FOODS

Oliveira, Victor; Chandran, Ram - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2005

The WIC program offers supplemental foods to low-income women, infants, and children. This study compared consumption … patterns of WIC children with those of three different comparison groups: eligible nonparticipating children living in non-WIC … households, eligible nonparticipating children living in WIC households, and children living in households whose income is too …

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