This guest editorial describes findings from FITS 2008, places the results in the context of other large-scale nutrition studies for infants and toddlers, and examines the potential impact on policymakers’ efforts to address childhood obesity.

The Food Stamp program is the largest of the domestic food and nutrition assistance programs administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service. During fiscal year 2007, the program served 26 million people in an average month at a total annual cost of over $30...

This report presents the assets and demographic and income characteristics of low-income households by their eligibility for and participation in SNAP.