• SNAP/Food Stamp Challenges
• Ending Childhood Hunger by 2015
  • Seven Essential Strategies
  • Campaign to End Childhood Hunger
• Food and Agriculture Policy Collaborative
• Building Economic Security
  • SNAP/Food Stamps Provide Real Stimulus
• Fighting Obesity and Hunger
  • Overweight and Obesity Definitions
  • Overweight and Obesity in the U.S.
  • Overweight and Obesity State and Local Data
  • Consequences of Adult Overweight and Obesity
  • Consequences of Childhood Overweight and Obesity
  • Factors Contributing to Overweight and Obesity
  • Relationship Between Poverty and Overweight or Obesity
  • Relationship Between Hunger and Overweight or Obesity
  • Why Low-Income and Food Insecure People are Vulnerable to Overweight and Obesity
  • Role of the Federal Nutrition Programs in Combating Overweight and Obesity
  • Additional Resources
  • References - Fighting Obesity and Hunger
• Addressing Senior Hunger
  • Seniors and SNAP/Food Stamps
  • Improving Participation among Seniors

Seven Essential Strategies

1. Restore economic growth and create jobs with better wages for lower-income workers.
2. Raise the incomes of the lowest-income families.
3. Strengthen the SNAP/Food Stamp Program.
4. Strengthen Child Nutrition Programs.
5. Engage the entire federal government in ending childhood hunger.
6. Work with states, localities and nonprofits to expand and improve participation in federal nutrition programs.
7. Make sure all families have convenient access to reasonably priced, healthy food.