Hunger and Obesity Understanding a Food Insecurity Paradigm: Workshop Summary (2011) / Chapter Skim
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11 Research Gaps from a Disciplinary Perspective
11 Research Gaps from a Disciplinary Perspective
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She admitted to finding it challenging to plan and implement the research implied by these terms, largely because researchers almost inevitably have discipline-based perspectives that include potentially differing basic assumptions about how the world works. This session was planned to facilitate understanding some of the assumptions of common disciplinary perspectives.
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Food insecurity can lead to poor dietary intake, malnutrition, and negative health outcomes. Various risk factors can contribute to food insecurity, including limited resources, functional constraints, and poor management strategies.
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In this respect, a particularly exciting experiment is being conducted with SNAP in Massachusetts to look at a form of cash transfer that would encourage the consumption of healthful foods. As Holben said, perhaps SNAP should be reoriented to resemble the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
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"It's vital that we understand the other disciplines and develop policies so we can be more effective in what we do," Holben concluded. A SOCIOLOGIST'S PERSPECTIVE Sociology was launched in many ways by Emile Durkheim's study of suicide, which is generally considered a very individual choice, noted Janet Poppendieck, professor of sociology at Hunter College in New York City.
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Cost-of-Living Differentials Another line of research that Poppendieck said is urgently in need of attention involves the differential impact of programs in areas with widely differing costs of living. For example, with the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program, school systems in relatively low costof-living areas benefit far more than those in high cost-of-living areas.
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Agricultural Subsidies Speaking to the larger social context, Poppendieck suggested that rather than prohibiting SNAP recipients from purchasing soda with their benefits, the federal government should consider how its subsidization policies affect the nation's increase in weight. She suggested that subsidized corn, soy, and wheat are "artificially cheap" and are often processed into sweet and salty snack products, concluding that "the structure of our agricultural subsidies is obesogenic for us all." She pointed to potential research gaps in the realm of history and political science.
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The latter is recognized through validated symptom checklists, readily available in the published literature. In a recent paper looking at variations in depressive symptoms among adolescent mothers with very young children, Black and her colleagues found three patterns of depression (Ramos-Marcuse et al., 2010)
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She also acknowledged that psychologists do not spend much time thinking about nutrition. Black encouraged integrated research to work through relations linking food insecurity with caregiver mental health, caregiver-child feeding interactions, and children's growth and development.
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The allocative efficiency approach recognizes that resources are not necessarily equitably distributed in society. As a result, the most disadvantaged may allocate their resources efficiently but still not be able to achieve economic security and food security.
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Obesity is measured at single points in time, while food insecurity is measured across periods of time. Another major question involves the extent to which food assistance programs should be reformed to improve efficiency.
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These conversations in turn have helped some shopkeepers change their practices. Holben added that gardening projects provide an opportunity to examine physical activity as well as changes in the food environment.
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2009. Food security during infancy: Implications for attachment and mental proficiency in tod dlerhood.
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