Research opportunities concerning the causes and consequences of child food insecurity and hunger : workshop summary / Nancy Kirkendall, Carol House, and Constance F. Citro, Rapporteurs ; Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education ; Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine ; National Research Council and Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-185).
Contents:
Introduction -- Defining and Measuring Food Security -- Individual and Household Determinants of Child Food Insecurity and Hunger -- Contextual Factors Linked to Child Food Insecurity and Hunger -- Individual and Family Coping Responses to Hunger -- Community Responses to Food Insecurity and Hunger -- Public Policy Responses to Hunger -- Health and Developmental Correlates of Child Food Insecurity from Pregnancy to Adolescence -- Measurement and Surveillance of Child Food Insecurity and Hunger -- Wrap-Up -- Bibliography -- Appendixes.
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