Many scholars and activists are interested in the potential for school-based childhood nutrition programs to positively impact the U.S. agri-food system. This paper explores efforts of a national K–12 school food collaborative to procure more sustainably grown and healthful food products....

Farm-to-hospital (FTH) programs can potentially improve the economy of local communities and preserve the environment. Research on adoption of farm-to-hospital (FTH) programs is extremely limited in the agricultural and applied economics literature. Using data from our 2012 regional FTH program...

Will 2005 be the year of the whole grain? According to the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans, it should be. For the first time, the Dietary Guidelines have specific recommendations for whole grain consumption separate from those for refined grains. The Guidelines, released in January 2005,...

Americans are increasingly overweight, with the number of obese adults and overweight children doubling between the late 1970s and early 2000s. Several studies of the health consequences of Americans’ weight gain indicate that health care costs and the number of premature deaths...

Child nutrition remains one of the most important development concerns of the Ethiopian government. In view of the fact that child malnutrition cannot be tackled without understanding its causes, the paper explores the key determinants of child malnutrition in Kombolcha districts of Eastern...

Zeitbudgetdaten beschreiben, wie viel Zeit einzelne Personen in die unterschiedlichen Tätigkeiten im Tagesablauf investieren. Der Beitrag zeigt am Beispiel der beiden deutschen Zeitbudgeterhebungen 1991/92 und 2001/02 des Statistischen Bundesamtes auf, wie Zeitbudgetdaten für...