Contractor and Cooperator Reports No. (CCR-31) 50 pp
RIDGE Project Summaries, 2006: Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Innovation and Development Grants in Economics Program
This report summarizes research findings from the Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Innovation and Devel-opment Grants in Economics Program (RIDGE), formerly known as the Small Grants Program. The Economic Research Service created the program in 1998 to stimulate new and innovative research on food and nutrition assis-tance issues and to broaden the network of social scientists that collaborate in investigating the food and nutrition challenges that exist across communities, regions, and States. The report includes summaries of the research find-ings of projects that were awarded 1-year grants in summer and fall 2005. The results of these research projects were presented at the RIDGE conference in October 2006. The projects examine issues of obesity in children and immigrants, food assistance program participation and household well-being, food security, community influence on food assistance and dietary choices, food prices and quality, and child nutrition. Several of the projects focus on specific populations, such as Native Americans or people living in the rural South.
This studies summarized herein were conducted under research grants originating with USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) Food and Nutrition Assistance Research Program (FANRP). The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of ERS or USDA.
Keywords: Food assistance, nutrition, food security, food insecurity, obesity, childhood obesity, food assistance, food spending, Food Stamp Program, food stamps, WIC, RIDGE Program, Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program, FANRP
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