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Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs: RIDGE Conferences

Contents
 

Presentations Scheduled For The Research Innovation and Development Grants in Economics (RIDGE) Conference

October 15-16, 2009


Studies funded by:


Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis
  The Longitudinal Impact of Food Assistance Program Participation on Food Insecurity and Nutritional Risk in Low-Income Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Georgia
    Jung Sun Lee, University of Georgia
 
  Assessing the Link Between Food Assistance Program Utilization and Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, and Risk for Chronic Disease in U.S. Children
    Christopher Taylor, Ohio State University
 
  Trends in Food Assistance Program Participation on Childhood Weight Trajectories
    Daphne Hernandez, Pennsylvania State University
   
  Impact of Food Stamp Program Participation on Adult Obesity and Child Overweight Status
    Maximilliam Schmeiser, University of Wisconsin at Madison
 
  Maternal Nutrition Knowledge, Pediatric Overweight, and Participation in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
    Janet Wojcicki, University of California at San Francisco
 
  The Impact of School and School Food on Children's Obesity
    Kristin Butcher, Wellesley College
 
 Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
  The Effects of Imputed Income in the Survey of Income and Program Participation in Measuring Trends in the Relationships Among Income Volatility, Food Assistance Programs, and Food Insufficiency
    Thomas DeLeire, University of Wisconsin-Madison
 
 

Food Stamps, Blood Sugar Control and Medicare Costs of Older Diabetics

    Lauren Hersch Nicholas, University of Michigan
 
 

Exploring the Mystery of the Missing Elderly: Low Take-Up of Food Stamps Among the Elderly

    Kerwin Charles, University of Chicago
 
 

Nutritional Assistance in Child Care and at Home: Correlates of Program Participation and Associations with Child Outcomes

    Rachel Gordon, University of Illinois at Chicago
 
Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  Nutrition and Cognitive Achievement: An Evaluation of the School Breakfast Program
    David E. Frisvold, Emory University
 
  The Effects of Female Labor Force Participation on Adult and Childhood Obesity
    Oscar A. Mitnik, University of Miami
 
  What Will the Neighbors Think? Welfare Stigma Due to Public Disapproval
    Kevin Mumford, Purdue University
    Colleen Manchester, University of Minnesota
 
 

The Impact of WIC Participation on Food Insecurity and Early Childhood Health Outcomes for a Nationally Representative Sample of Children

    Johnelle Sparks, University of Texas at San Antonio
 
American Indian Studies Program, University of Arizona
  Utilizing an Ecological Perspective as a Framework for Understanding Native American Elders' Views of Diabetes for the Development of an Indigenous Action Plan
    Stephany Parker, The Chickasaw Nation
 
  Ancestors Choice Environmental Strategy for Prevention of Childhood Obesity in Native Populations
    Anita Dupius, Salish Kootenai College
 
  Utilizing Research About Traditional Foods of Puget Sound Indians to Create a Healthier Diet and Lifestyle for Indian People
    Susan Given-Seymour, Northwest Indian College
 
 

Understanding the Impact of Food Assistance Program Usage on Diet Among American Indians (Part II)

    Joel Gittelsohn, Johns Hopkins University
 
Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University
  Exploring the Structural Determinants of Food Stamp Program Dynamics in the South:  Does Place Matter?
    Tim Slack and Candice Myers, Louisiana State University
 
  The Role of Food Insecurity and Caregiver Feeding Styles in Diet Quality and Weight Status in Head Start Children
    Janice Stuff, Sheryl Hughes, and Theresa Nicklas, USDA/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine
 
  Federal Food Assistance Programs: Part of the Childhood Obesity Problem or Solution?
    Elizabeth Rigby and Rachel Kimbro, University of Houston
 
 

Child, Mother, and Other Adult Perspectives, Interactions, Negotiations, and Choices about Food in Rural and Urban Food-Insecure Households in South Carolina

    Maryah Fram, Edward Frongillo, and Sonya Jones, University of South Carolina
 
  Assessing the Impact of On-Line Application on Florida's Food Stamp Caseload
    Coleen Heflin, Peter Mueser, and Dana Hughes, University of Missouri, and Andrew London, Syracuse University
 

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Updated date: November 25, 2008