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.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kirkendall, Nancy, author.

House, Carol, author.

Citro, Connie, author.

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.)

Institute of Medicine (U.S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food security--United States.

Food security.

Children--Nutrition--United States.

Children.

Children--Nutrition.

Hunger.

United States.

Food relief--United States.

Food relief.

Hunger--United States.

Physical Description:

xi, 194 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2013.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-185).

Other Format:

Online version: Research opportunities concerning the causes and consequences of child food insecurity and hunger, workshop summary.

ISBN:

9780309292849

0309292840

OCLC:

870706850