Food insecurity is now recognized as a major health crisis in the United States. This is due to
the size of the problem—more than 42 million persons were food insecure in 2015—as well …

Food insecurity is experienced by millions of Americans and has increased dramatically in
recent years. Due to its prevalence and many demonstrated negative health consequences, …

Almost fifty million people are food insecure in the United States, which makes food insecurity
one of the nation’s leading health and nutrition issues. We examine recent research …

For a decade, Feeding America's Map the Meal Gap (MMG) has provided sub‐state‐level
estimates of food insecurity for both the full population and for children. Along with being …

Objective. Hunger, with its adverse consequences for children, continues to be an important
national problem. Previous studies that document the deleterious effects of hunger among …

Household food insecurity has been associated with several negative health outcomes, yet
little is known about the prevalence and correlates of household food insecurity during …

The literature assessing the efficacy of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP),
formerly known as the Food Stamp Program, has long puzzled over positive associations …

Food stamp participants have higher food insufficiency rates than eligible nonparticipants,
even after controlling for other factors. Given the Food Stamp Program's prominent role in the …

Background: Household food insecurity, a measure of income-related problems of food
access, is growing in Canada and is tightly linked to poorer health status. We examined the …

Research has established a wide array of genetic and environmental factors that are associated
with childhood obesity. The focus of this review is on recent work that has established …