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From page 1... ... 111-296) authorized the development of a research program on the causes and consequences of childhood hunger and food insecurity, and the characteristics of households with childhood hunger and food insecurity, with a particular focus on efforts to improve the knowledge base regarding contributing factors, geographic distribution, programmatic effectiveness, public health and medical costs, and consequences for child development, well-being, and educational attainment. Read the entire page →
From page 2... ... Department of Agriculture, which is assisting the Food and Nutrition Service fulfill a mandate from Section 141 of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 to pursue a research program on this important topic for the nation. The workshop agenda will review the adequacy of current knowledge, identify substantial research gaps, and consider data availability in such areas as: • economic, health, social, cultural, demographic, and other factors that contribute to childhood hunger or food insecurity; • the geographic distribution of childhood hunger and food insecurity; • existing federal assistance programs, and assessing the extent to which they reduce childhood hunger and food insecurity; • measures of food insecurity, specifically the degree to which they accurately estimate childhood hunger and food insecurity given survey constraints (e.g., the impact of exclusion of certain subgroups, such as the homeless) Read the entire page →
From page 3... ... There were eight main sessions and a final wrap-up by the chair of the steering committee. (The workshop agenda can be found in Appendix A, and a list of workshop registrants can be found in Appendix B.) Read the entire page →

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... 111-296) authorized the development of a research program on the causes and consequences of childhood hunger and food insecurity, and the characteristics of households with childhood hunger and food insecurity, with a particular focus on efforts to improve the knowledge base regarding contributing factors, geographic distribution, programmatic effectiveness, public health and medical costs, and consequences for child development, well-being, and educational attainment.

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... Department of Agriculture, which is assisting the Food and Nutrition Service fulfill a mandate from Section 141 of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 to pursue a research program on this important topic for the nation. The workshop agenda will review the adequacy of current knowledge, identify substantial research gaps, and consider data availability in such areas as: • economic, health, social, cultural, demographic, and other factors that contribute to childhood hunger or food insecurity; • the geographic distribution of childhood hunger and food insecurity; • existing federal assistance programs, and assessing the extent to which they reduce childhood hunger and food insecurity; • measures of food insecurity, specifically the degree to which they accurately estimate childhood hunger and food insecurity given survey constraints (e.g., the impact of exclusion of certain subgroups, such as the homeless)

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... There were eight main sessions and a final wrap-up by the chair of the steering committee. (The workshop agenda can be found in Appendix A, and a list of workshop registrants can be found in Appendix B.)

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1 Introduction
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