Research Opportunities Concerning the Causes and Consequences of Child Food Insecurity and Hunger: Workshop Summary (2013)
Chapter: Front Matter
Research Opportunities Concerning the
Causes and Consequences of
Child Food Insecurity and Hunger
WORKSHOP SUMMARY
Nancy Kirkendall, Carol House, and Constance F. Citro, Rapporteurs
Committee on National Statistics
Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
Food and Nutrition Board
Institute of Medicine
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL AND
INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE
OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
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This study was supported by Contract/Grant No. AG-32SB-C-12-0001 between the National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Support of the work of the Committee on National Statistics is provided by a consortium of federal agencies through a grant from the National Science Foundation (No. SES-1024012). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies that provided support for the project.
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Suggested citation: National Research Council and Institute of Medicine. (2013). Research Opportunities Concerning the Causes and Consequences of Child Food Insecurity and Hunger: A Workshop Summary. N. Kirkendall, C. House, and C.F. Citro, Rapporteurs. Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
Advisers to the Nation on Science, Engineering, and Medicine
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The Institute of Medicine was established in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences to secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health of the public. The Institute acts under the responsibility given to the National Academy of Sciences by its congressional charter to be an adviser to the federal government and, upon its own initiative, to identify issues of medical care, research, and education. Dr. Harvey V. Fineberg is president of the Institute of Medicine.
The National Research Council was organized by the National Academy of Sciences in 1916 to associate the broad community of science and technology with the Academy’s purposes of furthering knowledge and advising the federal government. Functioning in accordance with general policies determined by the Academy, the Council has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities. The Council is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute of Medicine. Dr. Ralph J. Cicerone and Dr. C. D. Mote, Jr., are chair and vice chair, respectively, of the National Research Council.
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STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THE
WORKSHOP ON RESEARCH GAPS—
CAUSES AND CONSE QUENCES OF
CHILD FOOD INSECURITY AND HUNGER
James P. Ziliak (Chair), Center for Poverty Research and Department of Economics, University of Kentucky
Judith S. Bartfeld, Department of Consumer Science, University of Wisconsin—Madison
Deborah A. Frank, Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine
Sonya Jones, Center for Research in Nutrition and Health Disparities, University of South Carolina
Susan L. Parish, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University
Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, Office of Community Health and Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health
Nancy Kirkendall, Study Director
Carol House, Senior Program Officer
Agnes E. Gaskin, Administrative Assistant
COMMITTE ON NATIONAL STATISTICS
2013–2014
Lawrence D. Brown (Chair), Department of Statistics, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
John M. Abowd, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University
Mary Ellen Bock, Department of Statistics, Purdue University
David Card, Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley
Alicia Carriquiry, Department of Statistics, Iowa State University
Michael E. Chernew, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School
Constantine Gatsonis, Center for Statistical Sciences, Brown University
James S. House, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Michael Hout, Survey Research Center, University of California, Berkeley
Sallie Keller, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Lisa Lynch, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University
Colm O’Muircheartaigh, Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago
Ruth Peterson, Criminal Justice Research Center, Ohio State University
Edward H. Shortliffe, Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University and Arizona State University
Hal Stern, Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, University of California, Irvine
Constance F. Citro, Director
Jacqueline R. Sovde, Program Assocate
FOOD AND NUTRITION BOARD
Suzanne P. Murphy (Chair), Epidemiology Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center
Cheryl A.M. Anderson, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego
Patsy M. Brannon, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University
Fergus M. Clydesdale, Food Science Policy Alliance, Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts
Richard J. Deckelbaum, Institute of Human Nutrition, Columbia University Medical Center
Sharon M. Donovan, Nutrition and Health, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Lee-Ann Jaykus, Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutritional Sciences, North Carolina State University
Gordon L. Jensen, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Pennsylvania State University
Joanne R. Lupton, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Texas A&M University
Susan T. Mayne, Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Yale Schools of Public Health and Medicine
James M. Ntambi, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, Office of Community Health and Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health
Martin Philbert, Toxicology and Senior Associate Dean for Research, University of Michigan, School of Public Health
Mary T. Story, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
Patrick J. Stover, Division of Nutritional Sciences and Institute for Nutritional Genomics, Cornell University
Connie M. Weaver, Department of Food and Nutrition, Purdue University
Ann Yaktine, Interim Director
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Reviewers
This workshop summary has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the National Research Council’s (NRC’s) Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published summary as sound as possible and to ensure that the summary meets institutional standards for clarity, objectivity, and responsiveness to the charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this workshop summary: Helen H. Jensen, Food and Nutrition Policy Division of the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University; Sonya Jones, Center for Research in Nutrition and Health Disparities, University of South Carolina; Robert A. Moffitt, Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University; and Parke E. Wilde, Friedman School of Nutrition and Policy, Tufts University.
Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they did not see the final draft of the workshop summary before its release. The review of this summary was overseen by Alicia Carriquiry, Department of Statistics, Iowa State University. Appointed by the NRC, she was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this summary was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this summary rests entirely with the authors and the institution.
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Contents
2 Defining and Measuring Food Security
3 Individual and Household Determinants of Child Food Insecurity and Hunger
4 Contextual Factors Linked to Child Food Insecurity and Hunger
5 Individual and Family Coping Responses to Hunger
6 Community Responses to Food Insecurity and Hunger
7 Public Policy Responses to Hunger
8 Health and Developmental Correlates of Child Food Insecurity from Pregnancy to Adolescence
9 Measurement and Surveillance of Child Food Insecurity and Hunger
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