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Design of the National Children's Study
by Institute of Medicine • National Research Council • Committee on National Statistics • Board on Children, Youth, and Families • Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education • Nancy KirkendallThe Children's Health Act mandated the National Children's Study (NCS) in 2000 with one of its purposes being to authorize the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) to study the environmental influences (including physical, chemical, biological, and psychosocial) on childr... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Research Opportunities Concerning the Causes and Consequences of Child Food Insecurity and Hunger
by Institute of Medicine • National Research Council • Committee on National Statistics • Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education • Food and Nutrition Board • Nancy Kirkendall • Connie Citro • Carol HouseSection 141 of The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 20101 provides funding for 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... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Data and Research to Improve the U.S. Food Availability System and Estimates of Food Loss: A Workshop Report
The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Economic Research Service's (ERS) Food Availability Data System includes three distinct but related data series on food and nutrient availability for consumption. The data serve as popular proxies for actual consumption at the national level fo... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015