Effects of Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs on Nutrition and Health: Volume 3, Literature Review

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英文名称：

Effects of Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs on Nutrition and Health: Volume 3, Literature Review

作者：

Mary Kay Fox; William Hamilton; Biing-Hwan Lin

工作单位：

USDA's Economic Research Service

来源地址：

https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=46574

关键词：

Dietary intake;  food expenditures;  nutrient availability;  nutrient intake;  nutritional status;  nutrition and health outcomes;  USDA food assistance and nutrition programs;  Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program;  FANRP; 

年份：

2004

出版地：

Washington, DC, USA

总页数：

330 pp

语种：

English

摘要：

This report provides a comprehensive review and synthesis of published research on the impact of USDA's domestic food and nutrition assistance programs on participants' nutrition and health outcomes. The outcome measures reviewed include food expenditures, household nutrient availability, dietary intake, other measures of nutrition status, food security, birth outcomes, breastfeeding behaviors, immunization rates, use and cost of health care services, and selected nonhealth outcomes, such as academic achievement and school performance (children) and social isolation (elderly). The report is one of four volumes produced by a larger study that includes Volume 1, Research Design; Volume 2, Data Sources; Volume 3, Literature Review; and Volume 4, Executive Summary of the Literature Review. The review examines the research on 15 USDA food assistance programs but tends to focus on the largest ones for which more research is available: food stamps, school feeding programs, and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Over half of USDA's budget-$41.6 billion in fiscal year 2003-was devoted to food assistance and nutrition programs that provide low-income families and children with access to a healthy diet.