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

Additional Titles:: Child food insecurity and hunger
Published:: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2013]
Physical Description:: xi, 194 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Additional Creators:: Kirkendall, Nancy J. (Nancy Jean), House, Carol C., Citro, Constance F. (Constance Forbes), 1942-, National Research Council (U.S.), and Institute of Medicine (U.S.)

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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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ISBN:

9780309292849
0309292840

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-185).

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