Informing Food and Nutrition Assistance Policy: 10 Years of Research at ERS

Miscellaneous Publication No. (MP-1598) 62 pp, December 2007

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Since 1998, Congress has provided funds to ERS to study and evaluate the Nation’s domestic food and nutrition assistance programs. ERS has become the premier source of food and nutrition assistance research in the United States, sponsoring over 600 publications on a wide range of topics related to food and nutrition assistance. This report, prepared at the 10-year anniversary of the FANRP program, highlights some of the key research conducted during the program’s first decade.

Keywords: Food and nutrition assistance, FANRP, Food Stamp Program, child nutrition programs, WIC, economic linkages, income volatility, welfare reform, food security, childhood obesity, dietary reference standards, data development

In this publication...

• Abstract and Contents, Pdf file   223 kb
• Introduction, Pdf file   528 kb
• Food Stamp Program Research, Pdf file   295 kb
• Child Nutrition Programs Research, Pdf file   293 kb
• WIC Program Research, Pdf file   334 kb
• Linkages With the Economy, Pdf file   207 kb
• Income Volatility, Pdf file   174 kb
• Welfare Reform, Pdf file   238 kb
• Food Security, Pdf file   293 kb
• Childhood Obesity, Pdf file   298 kb
• Dietary Reference Standards and Nutrition Monitoring, Pdf file   208 kb
• Data Development, Pdf file   159 kb
• Addressing the Future, Pdf file   99 kb
• References, Pdf file   77 kb
• Appendix, Pdf file   60 kb
• Entire document, Pdf file   2,821 kb

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