ResearchWIRE, FRAC’s quarterly newsletter, includes the latest research, reports, and resources on food insecurity, poverty, the federal nutrition programs, and health.
In Focus: We must end stigma to improve hunger, nutrition, and health
Research Highlights:
- Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children
- School Meals
- Food Insecurity and Health
- Native Communities
- Older Adults
- Equity
In Focus: New report on food insecurity in Native communities, and discusses the impact of the federal nutrition programs on hunger during COVID-19
Research Highlights:
- reviews current sources of data on food insecurity and hardship during COVID-19
- highlights a new report on food insecurity in Native communities
- discusses the impact of the federal nutrition programs on mitigating hunger during COVID-19
- research highlights from 2021 related to food insecurity and its root causes
In Focus: COVID-19’s Impact on the Relationship Between Food Security, Poverty, and Health: Executive Summary
Research Highlights
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Food Insecurity During COVID-19
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Inequity in Food Insecurity During COVID-19
In Focus: Hunger is a Health Issue for Older Adults: Food Security, Health, and the Federal Nutrition Programs
Research Highlights
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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
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Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)
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School Meals
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Health and Special Populations
From Children’s HealthWatch: Evidence Demonstrates SNAP Improves Family Food Security, Young Children’s Health, and Health Care Access
In Focus: School Meals are a Back-to-School Essential for Students
Research Highlights
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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
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Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)
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Summer Nutrition Programs
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Health and Special Populations
From Children’s HealthWatch: SNAP Benefit Adequacy — What Does the Research Tell Us?
In Focus: Research Shows WIC is an Important and Cost-Saving Nutrition Program for Children and Families
Research Highlights
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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
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Child Nutrition Programs
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Food Insecurity and Health
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Special Populations
From Children’s HealthWatch: SNAP Benefit Reductions and Cutoffs may put Children’s and Families’ Health at Risk
In Focus: Initiatives to Make SNAP Benefits More Adequate Significantly Improve Food Security, Nutrition, and Health
Research Highlights
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Federal Nutrition Programs
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Special Populations
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Dietary Quality and Food Insecurity
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Child Development and Behavior
From Children’s HealthWatch: Policy Prescriptions for Health: Baltimore’s “Checkup” Shows Hardship-Free Kids are Healthier Kids
In Focus: The Importance of the Federal Nutrition Programs for Infants and Toddlers
Research Highlights
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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
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Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)
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Hunger & Health
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Child Nutrition Programs
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Special Populations
From Children’s HealthWatch: From Disparities to Discrimination
In Focus: Food Insecurity Among College Students
Research Highlights
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Federal Nutrition Programs
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Special Populations
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Health and Well-Being
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Senior Hunger and Health
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Food Insecurity Research
From Children’s HealthWatch: Household Food Insecurity is Associated With Increased Hospitalizations and Health Care Expenditures Among Infants
In Focus: SNAP Benefits Need To Be Made Adequate, Not Cut or Restricted
Research Highlights
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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
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Child Nutrition Programs
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Physical and Mental Health
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Race and Nativity
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Food Insecurity Research
From Children’s HealthWatch: Food Insecurity: An Avoidable Cost
In Focus: Food Insecurity, the Federal Nutrition Programs, and Health
Research Highlights
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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
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Child Nutrition Programs
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Health and Dietary Quality
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College Students
From Children’s HealthWatch: Moving From Hardship to Health