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8 Closing Remarks
Pages 113-114

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... The recommendations in the preceding chapters are intended to improve this measurement, so that policy makers and the public can be better informed. Toward this end, it has recommended research efforts that should lead to improved concepts, definitions, and measurement of food insecurity and hunger in this country.
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From page 114...
... In addition, the suggestions for new research should help to link a household's food insecurity status with research to answer the important question about the broader health, socioeconomic, and psychological consequences of food insecurity in the United States.
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