Hunger and obesity : understanding a food insecurity paradigm workshop summary / Lisa M. Troy, Emily Ann Miller, and Steve Olson, Rapporteurs, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Workshop on Understanding the Relationship Between Food Insecurity and Obesity, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Troy, Lisa M.

Miller, Emily Ann.

Olson, Steve, 1956-

National Research Council (U.S.). Food and Nutrition Board.

Conference Name:

Workshop on Understanding the Relationship Between Food Insecurity and Obesity (2010 : Washington, D.C.)

Workshop on Understanding the Relationship Between Food Insecurity and Obesity

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Obesity.

Nutrition disorders.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Academies Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At some point during 2009, more than 17 million households in the United States had difficulty providing enough food for all their members because of a lack of resources. In more than one-third of these households, the food intake of some household members was reduced and normal eating patterns were disrupted due to limited resources. The Workshop on Understanding the Relationship Between Food Insecurity and Obesity was held to explore the biological, economic, psychosocial, and other factors that may influence the relationship between food insecurity, overweight, and obesity in the United States. This report examines current concepts and research findings in the field. It identifies information gaps, proposes alternative approaches to analyzing data, recommends new data that should be collected, and addresses the limitations of the available research.

Contents:

FrontMatter

Reviewers

Contents

Overview

1 Goals of the Workshop

2 Setting the Stage for the Coexistence of Food Insecurity and Obesity

3 Socioeconomic Disparities: Food Insecurity and Obesity

4 Sentinel Populations

5 Socioecological Perspectives: The Individual Level

6 Socioecological Perspectives: The Family and Household Level

7 Socioecological Perspectives: The Environmental Level

8 Socioecological Perspectives: The Institutional Level

9 Putting the Levels Together

10 Research Applications

11 Research Gaps from a Disciplinary Perspective

12 Research Methods and Measures

13 Key Elements, Priorities, and Next Steps

Appendix A: Workshop Agenda

Appendix B: Planning Committee Biographical Sketches

Appendix C: Speaker Biographical Sketches

Appendix D: Workshop Participants

Appendix E: Acronyms

Appendix F: Roundtable Discussions

Appendix G: Public Comments

Appendix H: Brief List of Recurring Workshop Discussions.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786613135087

9780309215954

0309215951

9781283135085

1283135086

9780309187435

0309187435

OCLC:

743026123