tailieunhanh - FOOD INSECURITY

The United States is viewed by the world as a country with plenty of food, yet not all households in America are food secure, meaning access at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life. A proportion of the population experiences food insecurity at some time in a given year because of food deprivation and lack of access to food due to economic resource constraints. Still, food insecurity in the United States is not of the same intensity as in some developing countries. | FOOD INSECURITY and Hunger in the United States FOOD INSECURITY and Hunger in the United States AN ASSESSMENT OF THE MEASURE Panel to Review the . Department of Agriculture s Measurement of Food Insecurity and Hunger Gooloo S. Wunderlich and Janet L. Norwood Editors Committee on National Statistics Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS Washington . THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS 500 Fifth Street . Washington DC 20001 NOTICE The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance. This study was supported by Contract Grant No. 43-3AEM-3-80125 between the National Academy of Sciences and the . Department of Agriculture. Support of the work of the Committee on National Statistics is provided by a consortium of federal agencies through a grant from the National Science Foundation Number SBR-0112521 . Any opinions findings conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author s and do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies that provided support for the project. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Food insecurity and hunger in the United States an assessment of the measure Panel to Review . Department of Agriculture s Measurement of Food Insecurity and Hunger Gooloo S. Wunderlich and Janet L. Norwood editors. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-309-10132-8 pbk. ISBN 0-309-65805-5 pdfs 1. Food supply United States. 2. Hunger United States. I. Wunderlich Gooloo S. II. Norwood Janet Lippe. III. National .