Children's HealthWatch

Are Food Insecurity’s Health Impacts Under Estimated in the U.S. Population? Marginal Food Security Also Predicts Adverse Health Outcomes in Young U.S. Children and Mothers

A journal article by Dr. John Cook, Children's HealthWatch Co-Principal Investigator, was recently published in Advances in Nutrition, An International Review Journal. 

The article addresses epidemiological, public health and soical policy implications of categorizing young children and their adult female caregivers as food secure when they live in households with "marginal food security" as indicated by the U.S. Household Food Security Survey Module. 

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