Children's Food Security and Intakes from School Meals. Final Report. Contractor and Cooperator Report No. 61

Autor/inn/en	Potamites, Elizabeth; Gordon, Anne
Institution	Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Titel	Children's Food Security and Intakes from School Meals. Final Report. Contractor and Cooperator Report No. 61
Quelle	(2010), (135 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Breakfast Programs; Lunch Programs; Nutrition; Food; Economic Research; Family (Sociological Unit); Hunger; Poverty; Eating Habits; Comparative Analysis; Socioeconomic Status + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulfrühstück; Mittagessen; Ernährung; Lebensmittel; Wirtschaftsforschung; Familie; Armut; Ernährungsgewohnheit; Essgewohnheit; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status
Abstract	Using 2005 data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Third School Nutrition Dietary Assessment survey, this study examines the contribution of school meals to the food and nutrient intake of children in food-secure, marginally secure, and food-insecure households. The study finds that children from food-insecure and marginally secure households receive a larger proportion of their food and nutrient intakes at school than do children from highly secure households. This difference is partially explained by the higher participation rates of the insecure and marginally secure in school meal programs. The average amount of foods and nutrients consumed were similar across food security levels, except that children from marginally secure households consumed fewer calories (and thus nutrients) than both other groups. Breakfast skipping was significantly more common among the food-insecure and marginally secure children. Even at schools with breakfast programs, 20 percent of children from food-insecure and marginally secure households did not eat breakfast, for reasons that will require further study to explore. Appendices include: (1) Regression Models and Results; and (2) Percentage Consumed for School Lunch Foods. (Contains 29 tables, 1 figure and 55 footnotes.) [This report is submitted to USDA Economic Research Service.] (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10