Hunger and Obesity: Understanding a Food Insecurity Paradigm: Workshop Summary (2011)
Chapter: Appendix E: Acronyms
E
Acronyms
ATUS American Time-Use Survey
BMI body mass index
BRFSS Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
CACFP Child and Adult Care Food Program
CCHS Canadian Community Health Survey
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CFSM Core Food Security Module
CHIS California Health Interview Survey
CPS-FSS Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement
DSM-IV Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Disorders, Fourth Edition
DXA Dual x-ray absorptiometry
ECLS Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS-K) Birth Cohort (ECLS-B)
EFP Emergency Food Program
E-Risk Environmental Risk
ERS Economic Research Service (USDA)
FDPIR Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations
FNS Food and Nutrition Service (USDA)
FoodAPS National Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey
FRAC Food Research and Action Center
FSS Food Security Supplement (CPS)
GEM Grid-Enabled Measures Database
GIS geographic information system
GPS global positioning system
HPA hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal
IOM Institute of Medicine
NCCOR National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research
NCHS National Center for Health Statistics
NEMS Nutritional Environment Measures Survey
NHANES National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
NHIS National Health Interview Survey
NIH National Institutes of Health
NRC National Research Council
NSCH National Survey of Child Health
NSLP National School Lunch Program
SBP School Breakfast Program
SES socioeconomic status
SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
SNAP Ed Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for Education
TANF Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture
WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children
