This study uses Rasch analysis, which underlies the current food insecurity classification approach used by the Department of Agriculture, to investigate the Adult Food Security Survey Module's psychometric properties. A sample of 511 students from a public university in the South was used. Findings ...
The government has outlawed the use of the word hunger in annual USDA food security surveys. Spokesman Keith Williams noted that the terminology change in the survey enabled USDA to increase the funding for people covered by the term food insecurity to $60 billion. The government's lag in ...
Hunger and food insecurity around the U.S. have surged during the pandemic, with 41.4 million people enrolled in SNAP as of November, up 13% from February 2020 before the public health crisis, according to the latestdataavailable from the USDA. Despite that increase, the Trump administration ha...
School is out, and many parents could be facing food insecurity during the summer months. School administrators say federal funding and district feeding programs could help fill the gaps. Texarkana residents encouraged to take internet survey “We don’t want to be in a situation where ...
Citing the precedent of the HIP, the USDA more recently has funded the Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive grant program, which offers grants for programs to increase FV consumption among SNAP participants through point-of-purchase incentives (58). More research is needed on mechanisms of action ...
The purpose of this study was to elucidate reasons for participation and nonparticipation in the summer meals program.METHODS: A nationally representative sample of 4688 households with children ages 5 through 18 years living near a summer meals site in 2018 completed a survey about their reasons ...
More than half of food banks are reporting demand either increasing or demand holding steady in July, compared to the previous month, according to the group’s most recent survey of its members. Widespread coverage of food insecurity and of the increased usage of food pantries destigmatized the...
The revised TFP 2021 was developed by the USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP) using dietary intakes from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) [8], national food prices [9], and quadratic programming optimization methods [2]. No longer required to be ...