and wealth. We propose a revealed preference approach to measuring hunger and undernutrition that overcomes these …Caloric intake and minimum calorie thresholds are widely used in developing countries to assess hunger and nutrition …

In this essay, I review Robert Fogel's The Escape from Hunger and Premature Death, 1700-2100 which is concerned with …

related to the diets of children. In contrast, poverty predicts dietary outcomes among preschoolers. Among adults, both …

significantly reduced the proportion of children stunted, while cash alone had no impact on stunting. SBCC appears to have worked in … conjunction with cash to reduce stunting by encouraging mothers to increase children's total calories and protein consumed. The …

Program (CACFP): (1) Does CACFP reach targeted low-income children? (2) How do eligible families and child care providers who … and children's food intake, weight, and food security? We use the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort to … examine these questions for a representative sample of young children and their providers. We find that program eligibility …

food security of households and children, as measured by number of affirmative responses to a food insecurity questionnaire … and an indicator for food insecurity. The effects are largest among low-income households and children, but are also … sizeable for middle-income children …