Using data from the 2004 panel of the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), we reexamine the impact of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) – formerly known as the Food Stamp Program – on child food insecurity. By far the largest food assistance program in the United States, SNAP‟s central goal is to alleviate food insecurity. In this light, policymakers have been p...

The Food Stamp Program (FSP) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) are important parts of national public assistance policy, and there is considerable overlap in the populations that the programs serve. About half of all SSI recipients reside in FSP recipient households. This article uses Social Security administrative data and the Food Stamp Quality Control samples for federal fiscal years 20...

Background In Japan, many baseball clubs have been trying to increase players’ food intake so that players could increase muscle mass power to obtain better performance. Ways to do this have included increasing protein intake and eating between meals. It is also common in Japan to provide players with a food program which encourages them to eat as much food as they can for 5-7 day. The aim of t...

BACKGROUND Recently, operational organizations active in child nutrition in developing countries have suggested that blanket feeding strategies be adopted to enable the prevention of child wasting. A new range of nutritional supplements is now available, with claims that they can prevent wasting in populations at risk of periodic food shortages. Evidence is lacking as to the effectiveness of su...

Comparative analysis of food demand expansion of a cash program, as compared to the food stamp program, is important for measuring trade-offs between goals of raising farm income and increasing food expenditures of the poor. A theoretical basis for assessing food demand impacts under each program is presented. Two effects are analyzed: 1) The effect on food demand of the individual household an...

Based on WHO’s data in 2013, there are 24.5% of children under five the world experiencing stunting. Around 80% stunted live 14 countries. Furthermore, based results 2018 National Basic Health Research, stunting rate Indonesia reached 30.8%. With West Nusa Tenggara being area with 5th highest Indonesia, which is 30.9%. Besides, Ketangga Jeraeng Village one villages that also has potential for c...

I n 2009, 14.7% of households were food insecure at some time during the year. In other words, members of those households did not have access at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life. This is arguably the most serious nutrition-related public health problem facing the U.S. today. The serious developmental consequences of food insecurity include compromised mental and physical he...

This paper uses household survey data to examine the impact of a food subsidies program on food consumption, caloric intake and calories from different foodgroups for poor households in India. The national food security program (PDS) for households below the poverty line takes the form of a monthly quota of food grains at substantially discounted prices; program rules differ by state and, in so...

The Nutrition North Canada program is a federal retail subsidy designed to make nutritious, perishable food more widely available and affordable in northern communities. Implemented in April 2011, Nutrition North replaced the Food Mail freight subsidy long used to offset the high cost of transporting perishable food to remote towns and villages lacking year-round road access. An examination of ...