This study examined characteristics of employed households dependent upon private nutrition programs to help make ends meet. Data were derived from an ongoing study of households receiving food assistance from Virginia food pantries and soup kitchens. In 1997, researchers produced a list of all food pantries and soup kitchens in one region and…

Summarizes from some recent literature on child nutrition and health the extent of malnutrition among children in the United States and the resulting mental retardation. (LLR)

Published annually since 1997, Newark Kids Count tracks key trends in child health and well-being in New Jersey's largest city with the latest statistics available. Newark Kids Count includes the latest statistics, along with five-year trend data, in the following areas: the state of children and families, family economic security, affordable…

Discussed are factors related to feeding the world's population. Knowledge of nutritional needs is far from sufficient. Account must also be taken of economic aspects affecting the availability of food, public policy, and the capability and willingness of individuals and groups to modify their food behavior if necessary. (Author/RH)

This paper reports findings of a survey that investigated the reasons why emergency food is requested. It also provides a profile of emergency food box users and discusses ways that home economists can help needy families bridge the hunger gap. (JOW)

Male and female nonparent adults rated tape-recordings of initial, middle, and final 10-second segments of pain and hunger cries on four 7-point Likert-type scale items describing how urgent, arousing, aversive, and sick cry segments sounded. Results suggest that different segments of cries resulting from the same stimulus provide different…

Argues the urgent need for individuals to remind the public and lawmakers that the tragic problem of child hunger and malnutrition continues to exist in our affluent United States, and that it should rate equal, if not greater, precedence with pollution and ecology. (LLR)

Research demonstrates that being well-fed is an important first step toward children's achievement. Nutrition programs are cost-effective interventions that can help children learn and grow. Local agencies can offer children meals and snacks through several federal nutrition programs (e.g., Summer Food Service Program, Child and Adult Care Food…

Industry and mainstream research and policy institutions often suggest that transgenic crop varieties can raise the productivity of poor third world farmers, feed the hungry, and reduce poverty. These claims are critically evaluated by examining global-hunger data, the constraints that affect the productivity of small farmers in the third world,…

The McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program (McGovern-Dole program) helps support education, child development, and food security for some of the world's poorest children. It provides for donations of U.S. agricultural products, as well as financial and technical assistance, for school feeding and maternal and…

The Food Stamp and the National School Lunch Programs play a vital role in helping poor, rural Americans obtain a more nutritious diet and alleviate food insecurity and hunger. This fact sheet looks at the extent to which rural America depends on these programs and describes characteristics of beneficiaries of these federal nutrition assistance…

Objective: To compare nutrient intake and indicators of nutritional status of western Kenyan pupil participants and nonparticipants of a parent-supported school lunch program. Design: Pupils and their caregivers were interviewed to assess their 24-hour dietary intake and the socioeconomic status of the family. Pupils' weights and heights were…

Population trends--birth and death rates, immigration patterns, sex ratios, and life expectancies--are one of the most important issues facing the international community. These trends' relationship to the world economy, the environment, and developing countries' ability to meet the needs of growing populations is a topic appropriate for the…