Effects of Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs on Nutrition and Health: Volume 3, Literature Review
- by Mary Kay Fox, William Hamilton and Biing-Hwan Lin
- 12/9/2004
Overview
This report provides a comprehensive review and synthesis of published research on the impact of USDA's domestic food and nutrition assistance programs on participants' nutrition and health outcomes. The outcome measures reviewed include food expenditures, household nutrient availability, dietary intake, other measures of nutrition status, food security, birth outcomes, breastfeeding behaviors, immunization rates, use and cost of health care services, and selected nonhealth outcomes, such as academic achievement and school performance (children) and social isolation (elderly). The report is one of four volumes produced by a larger study that includes Volume 1, Research Design; Volume 2, Data Sources; Volume 3, Literature Review; and Volume 4, Executive Summary of the Literature Review. The review examines the research on 15 USDA food assistance programs but tends to focus on the largest ones for which more research is available: food stamps, school feeding programs, and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Over half of USDA's budget-$41.6 billion in fiscal year 2003-was devoted to food assistance and nutrition programs that provide low-income families and children with access to a healthy diet.
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Abstract, Acknowledgments, Contents, and List of Tables
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Introduction
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Research Methods
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Food Stamp Program
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WIC Program
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National School Lunch Program
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School Breakfast Program
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Child and Adult Care Food Program
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Summer Food Service Program
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The Emergency Food Assistance Program
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Nutrition Services Incentive Program
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Nutrition Assistance Program in Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Northern Marianas
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Commodity Supplemental Food Program
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Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations
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WIC Farmers? Market Nutrition Program
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Special Milk Program
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Team Nutrition Initiative and Nutrition Education and Training Program
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