Latest Research and News
Read Children's HealthWatch news updates to learn about new data, publications, testimony and press coverage:
May 20, 2013: Dr. Alan Meyers, Children's HealthWatch Co-Principal Investigator, published a paper titled, "Health of Children Classified as Underweight by CDC Reference by Normal by WHO Standard" in Pediatrics.
May 15, 2013: Children's HealthWatch releases a summary of our new research on the negative health impacts of the loss of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits due to small increases in income. Children's HealthWatch believes this research illustrates that cutting SNAP in the 2013 Farm Bill would result in real deterimental health impacts.
May, 14 2013: Children's HealthWatch releases a statement about the importance of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to Children's Health. As pediactric researchers, Children's HealthWatch's Principal Investigator's strongly believe that the SNAP program should be protected and stregnthened in the 2013 Farm Bill.
May 12, 2013: Tianna Gaines-Turner, Witnesses to Hunger, and Dr. Mariana Chilton, Children's HealthWatch Co-Principal Invesitagor, were speakers on the Melissa Harris-Perry show on MSNBC.
May 11, 2013: Dr. Mariana Chillton, Children's HealthWatch Co-Principal Investigator and Founder of Witnesses to Hunger, wrote an inportant article about solving poverty published by the Melissa Harris-Perry show (MSNBC).
May 11, 2013: Dr. Mariana Chilton, Children's HealthWatch Co-Principal Investigator, was featured in an article about an upcoming Melissa Harris-Perry Show (MSNBC).
May 10, 2013: Children's HealthWatch's Founder and Principal Investigator, Dr. Deborah Frank was featured in an article published by the Nation.
May 2, 2013: Children's HealthWatch Research and Policy Director, Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, MPH, was quoted about Children's HealthWatch's collaboration with Housing Arkansas.
May 2, 2013: Children's HealthWatch's recent work on housing in Arkansas was featured in an article by the Center for Community Change.
April 20, 2013: Children's HealthWatch Co-Principal Investigator, Dr. Diana Cutts was featured in an article published by the Star Tribune abotu the therapeutic food pantry at Hennepin County Medical Center.
April 9, 2013: Children's HealthWatch Co-Principal Investigator, Dr. Megan Sandel spoke at an event about family homelessness at the Massachusetts State House.
April 8, 2013: Children's HealthWatch's recent letter to Pediatrics was featured in the FRAC News Digest.
April 5, 2013: Children's HealthWatch Founder and Principal Investigator, Dr. Deborah Frank was featured in an article about the impact of food insecurity on children's health in Massachusetts.
April 5, 2013: Children's HealthWatch found that 108 homeless children have been seen at the pediatric Emergency Deparment (ED) at Boston Medical Center since June 2012.
March 25, 2013: Children's HealthWatch Co-Principal Investigators wrote a letter to Pediatrics address misconceptions about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and its impact on children's nutritional status.
March 21, 2013: Dr. Maureen Black, Children's HealthWatch Co-Principal Investigator, was quoted in a press release about a Baltimore Witnesses to Hunger event in Maryland.
March 18, 2013: Dr. Megan Sandel, Children's HealthWatch Co-Principal Investigator, was interviewed about the Boston Medical Center Grow Clinic.
February 28, 2013: Dr. Megan Sandel, Children's HealthWatch Co-Principal Investigator and Medical Director of the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership was featured in an article published by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).
February 27, 2013: Dr. Mariana Chilton, Children's HealthWatch Co-Principal Investigator, wrote an important commentary about sequestration published in the Philadelphia Enquirer.
February 27, 2013: Dr. Mariana Chilton, Children's HealthWatch Co-Principal Investigator and founder of Witnesses to Hunger, was interviewed about the work being done by Witneses to Hunger.
February 27, 2013: Dr. Mariana Chilton, Children's HealthWatch Co-Principal Investigator, was in a segment of A Place at the Table, that was shown on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
February 26, 2013: Children's HealthWatch's most recent research about housing and health was profiled in an article published by Minnesota 2020.
February 21, 2013: Children's HealthWatch Co-Principal Investigator, Dr. Diana Cutts, was interviewed about Children's HealthWatch's lastest research on housing in Minneapolis.
February 21, 2013: Dr. Diana Cutts, Children's HealthWatch Co-Principal Investigator, was quoted in a press release about Children's HealthWatch's recently release policy brief on housing insecurity in Minnesota.
February 16, 2013: Dr. Mariana Chilton, Children's HealthWatch Co-Pincipal Investigator, spoke about child hunger in an article published in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
February, 01, 2013: Dr. Patrick Casey, Children's HealthWatch Co-Principal Investigator, spoke about Children's HealthWatch's research on housing and health.
January 18, 2013: Dr. John Cook, Children's HealthWatch Co-Principal Investigator, recently published research on marginal food security in the US. This study was profiled in This Week in Poverty, a blog published by the Nation.
January 17, 2013: Dr. Mariana Chilton, Children's HealthWatch Co-Principal Investigator, spoke on Travis Smiley's Poverty in America, panel discussion.
January 15, 2013: Dr. John Cook, Children's HealthWatch Co-Principal Investigator, authored an article about marginal food security in the U.S. which was recently published by Advances in Nutrition.
January 8, 2013: Dr. Megan Sandel, Children's HealthWatch Co-Principal Investigator was interviewed about the recent policy changes in Massachusetts that restrict access to shelter for families experienceing homelessness.
January 3, 2013: Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, Children's HealthWatch Research and Policy Director, spoke to National Public Radio (NPR) about the impact of food insecurity and hunger on child health.
November 30, 2012: The research of Dr. Diana Cutts, Children's HealthWatch Co-Principal Investigator, was mentioned in This Week in Poverty, a weekly blog published by the Nation.
November 19, 2012: Dr. Deborah Frank, Children's HealthWatch Founder, was interviewed about the food pantry at Boston Medical Center. Boston Medical Center 's preventative food pantry program was recognized with the James W. Varnum National Quality Health Care Award from Dartmouth-Hitchcock.
October 22, 2012: Hennepin County Medical Center, also a Children's HealthWatch site, has launched a Therapeutic Food Pharmacy to distribute healthful foods to patients experiencing food insecurity.
October 22, 2012: Dr. Maureen Black, Children's HealthWatch Co-Principal Investigator, was interviewed by NPR about the effects of hunger on families and children in Baltimore.
October 19, 2012: Children's HealthWatch's recently released policy action briefs about housing in Boston and Baltimore were mentioned in a blog post published in the Nation.
October 16, 2012: Witnesses to Hunger, an advocacy project in which parents depict their experiences of raising children on a limited income, hosts a reception for their photography exhibit in Baltimore.
October 15, 2012: Children's HealthWatch releases the fourth policy action brief in our five site housing insecurity series. This brief focuses on the effect of housing on children's health in Baltimore.
October 11, 2012: Children's HealthWatch submits public comments in response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture request for information about childhood hunger and food insecurity research areas.
October 4, 2012: Children's HealthWatch releases the third in a series of five policy action briefs about housing insecurity at our research sites. This brief is focused on the importance of safe and stable housing for children in Massachusetts.
September 25, 2012: Children's HealthWatch Founder and Principal Investigator, Dr. Deborah Frank, and Children's HealthWatch Co-Principal Investigator, Dr. Megan Sandel, presented at a roundtable discussion hosted by the Massachusetts Caucus of Women Legislators and Boston University Medical Campus Faculty.
September 19, 2012: Dr. Maureen Black, Children's HealthWatch Co-Principal Investigator, was a panelist at a Congressional Briefing hosted by Feeding America and Share Our Strength.
September 15, 2012: Children's HealthWatch Staff from the Boston Site participated in a local community health fair at the Martha Eliot Health Center.
September 12, 2012: Children's HealthWatch Co-Principal Investigator, Dr. Mariana Chilton, discusses the new US Census Bureau poverty data.
September 7, 2012: Dr. Mariana Chilton, Children's HealthWatch Co-Principal Investigator, spoke about the recently released USDA food security statistics.
September 6, 2012: Children's HealthWatch releases a statement about the most recent USDA annual report on food insecurity in the United States.
August 2, 2012: Children's HealthWatch Principal Investigator, Dr. Deborah Frank is quoted in an article posted on the Huffington Post IMPACT blog regarding child stunting in the United States.
July 30, 2012: Children's HealthWatch policy action brief on the impact housing has on children's health is mentioned in an Arkansas news report.
July 30, 2012: Children's HealthWatch releases the second in a series of five policy action briefs about housing insecurity at our research sites. This brief focuses on the effects of unaffordable and unstable housing on children in Arkansas.
July 12, 2012: Children's HealthWatch Principal Investigators, Dr. Deborah Frank and Dr. Megan Sandel, contribute a post to the No Kid Hungry blog on the importance of SNAP for children's health.
July 13, 2012: Children's HealthWatch Co-Principal Investigator, Dr. Diana Cutts was interviewed in an article published by ScienceBlogs about the positive effect of SNAP on food security and health.
July 1, 2013: Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, Children's HealthWatch Research and Policy Director, participating in a panel discussion about child malnutrition. The event was the subject of an article published by AAP news.
June 29, 2012: The recent article in Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity by Children's HealthWatch Principal Investigator Dr. Deborah Frank was cited in an article about the loss of Medicaid coverage for children in Pennslyvania.
June 25, 2012: Children's HealthWatch Principal Investigator, Dr. Deborah Frank, contributes a piece to Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity for their summer series on the fight to end childhood hunger in America.
June 15, 2012: Children's HealthWatch's Policy Action Brief on housing and young children's health in Philadelphia was mentioned by author, Greg Kaufmann, in an article for The Nation
June 7, 2012: Children's HealthWatch Principal Investigator Dr. Mariana Chilton raised a thoughtful question at the Urban Institute's Panel discussion on SNAP.
May 17, 2012: Children's HealthWatch researchers summit comments on the 2012 Farm Bill to the House Committee on Agriculture.
May 12, 2012: Children's HealthWatch Principal Investigator, Maureen Black co-writes an article for the Baltimore Sun opposing the recent cuts to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC).
May 11, 2012: Children's HealthWatch Principal Investigator, Dr. Black's recently published research on children's health and WIC was mentioned in a blog published by the Nation.
May 10, 2012: Children's HealthWatch Principal Investigator, Dr. Black's recently published research was discussed in a New York TImes editorial.
May 8, 2012: Children's HealthWatch released a Policy Action Brief about the importance of stable, affordable housing to young children's health in Philadelphia.
May 7, 2012: Dr. Maureen Black, Children's HealthWatch Principal Investigator, published a paper titled "WIC Participation and Attenuation of Stress-Related Child Health Risks of Household Food Insecurity and Caregiver Depressive Symptoms" in the Archvies of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
April 15, 2012: Dr. Mariana Chilton, Principal Investigator for Children's HealthWatch, was interviewed on MSNBC.
April 13, 2012: Dr. Mariana Chilton, Principal Investigator for Children's HealthWatch and founder of Witnesses to Hunger, was featured in Greg Kaufmann's weekly blog for the Nation.
April, 2, 2012: Children's HealthWatch Site Coordinator, Katherine Joyce, MPH, was interviewed on Growing Up in America, aired on 90.1 FM KPFT.
March 28, 2012: Dr. Amanda Breen, Children's HealthWatch Site Coordinator, testified in front of an Institute of Medicine (IOM) about the adequacy of SNAP allotments.
March 23, 2012: WWLP news reported on the panel discussion with Legislators and Witnesses during the Witnesses to Hunger in Boston Exhibit.
March 16, 2012: Dr. Mariana Chilton, Principal Investigator, and two Boston Witnesses to Hunger were quoted in an article about the Boston Witnesses to Hunger Exhibit.
March 15, 2012: Two members of the Boston Witnesses to Hunger project were interviewed on the Boston Neighborhood Network News.
March 14, 2012: Dr. Megan Sandel, Research Scientist, was interviewed about the Witnesses to Hunger Exhibit in Boston on Fox 25 Morning News.
March 13, 2012: The Boston Neighborhood Network News reported on the Witnesses to Hunger in Boston exhibit. The video report includes photographs and testimony from the exhibit.
March 12, 2012: The Witnesses to Hunger Exhibit was featured in the State House News Service and by WWLP-22News.
March 11, 2012: Dr. Mariana Chilton, Principal Investigator, was quoted in an article about the Witnesses to Hunger Exhibit at the Massachusetts State House.
March 11, 2012: Mrs. Bonita Cuffs, a member of the Witnesses to Hunger Project, spoke on the Melissa Harris-Perry Show on MSNBC.
March 9, 2012: The Witnesses to Hunger Exhibit in at the Massachusetts State House was described in an article by Boston Globe Staff writer, Kay Lazar.
March 9, 2012: A description of the Witnesses to Hunger Exhibit in Boston was included in Greg Kaufmann's weekly blog published by The Nation.
March 8, 2012: Dr. Mariana Chilton, Principal Investigator, coauthored a study published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.
March 2, 2012: Children's HealthWatch was featured in an article by Greg Kaufmann for The Nation. Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, Research and Policy Director, and Dr. Deborah Frank and Dr. Mariana Chilton, Principal Investigators, were quoted in the piece.
March 1, 2012: Children's HealthWatch releases a new report on the effects of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on children's health.
February 24, 2012: A paper about Children's HealthWatch research methods, selected findings and dissemination activities was published by the Journal of Applied Research on Children. Two other pieces by Children's HealthWatch Researchers were published in the same issue.
February 23, 2012: Children's HealthWatch Principal Investigators wrote a letter to the House and Senate Agriculture Committee leadership to provide them with Children's HealthWatch research findings.
January 27, 2012: Dr. Diana Cutts, Principal Invesitgator, was interviewed by Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) about the link between hunger and obesity.
January 24, 2012: Dr. John Cook, Principal Investigator, was interviewed about a harmful food stamp policy change in the state of Kansas which reduces benefits to children of immigrants.
January 19, 2012: Dr. Debbie Frank, Principal Investigator, spoke at the Oregon Food Security Summit.
January 6, 2012: Recent housing research by Children's HealthWatch is quoted in the Nation.
December 15, 2011: Children's HealthWatch is quoted in an opinion piece for Roll Call on the impact of safe affordable housing on health.
December 7, 2011: Dr. Megan Sandel, Research Scientist, was quoted in How Housing Matters: Housing as a Platform for Improving Health Outcomes, an article published by Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity.
November 26, 2011: Dr. Deborah Frank, Founder and Principal Investigator, and Dr. John Cook, Co-Principal Investigator, were interviewed by The Kansas City Star on food insecurity and child hunger. They spoke about the physical and cognitive effects of hunger on children.
November 22, 2011: Dr. Diana Cutts, Principal Investigator, was quoted in a article published by Kaiser Health News about the hospital food pantry at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis.
November 21, 2011: Dr. Megan Sandel, Research Scientist, was quoted by ABC News regarding food insecurity in America. The article also describes ways to help hungry families across the country.
November 17, 2011: Dr. Mariana Chilton, Co-Principal Investigator Philadelphia, was interviewed by the Philadelphia Inquirer on the effects of crowding/doubled up living situations on children's health.
November 15, 2011: Center for Hunger-Free Communities and the recently released report, Real Cost of a Healthy Diet, were featured in an article published by the Philadelphia Inquirer.
November 15, 2011: Children's HealthWatch releases a brief titled: Overcrowding and Frequent Moves Undermine Children's Health. The brief discusses the effect of housing insecurity on young children's health.
November 14, 2011: Dr. Megan Sandel, Research Scientist, and Dr. Deborah A. Frank, Founder and Principal Investigator, wrote a commentary for Spotlight on Poverty & Opportunity's "How Housing Matters to Families and Their Children" series. Their article is the second in the series, and discusses the importance of affordable housing on the health of young children.
November 09, 2011: Children's HealthWatch and the Center for Hunger-Free Communities release a report titled: Real Cost of a Healthy Diet: 2011.
October 11, 2011: Children's HealthWatch releases a brief titled: Boost to SNAP Benefits Protected Young Children's Health.
September 26, 2011: Drs. Deborah A. Frank and Megan Sandel were interviewed by CNN on the effects of malnutrition on the health of very young children.
September 22, 2011: Dr. Mariana Chilton, Co-Principal Investigator Philadelphia, was interviewed by CNN on the effects of food insecurity and the Witnesses to Hunger project.
September 16, 2011: Dr. Megan Sandel, Research Scientist, was interviewed by KRDO News Channel about the increase in severly underweight young children (0-5 yrs) being seen in Boston Emergency Rooms.
September 16, 2011: Dr. John T. Cook, Co-Principal Investigator, wrote a Letter to the Editor of The Boston Globe to clarify a September 2nd article that was published.
August 17, 2011: Dr. Megan Sandel, Research Scientist, was interviewed by ABC News regarding the hungry children she sees at Boston Medical Center. She also spoke about the struggle that families are facing to feed their children.
August 6, 2011: Dr. John Cook, Co-Principal Investigaor, and Dr. Megan Sandel, Research Scientist, were interviewed by ABC News regarding the trade-offs that families are forced to make as they struggle to feed their children.
August 1, 2011: Dr. Megan Sandel, Research Scientist, was interviewed on Fox 25 News Boston.
July 28, 2011: Dr. Deborah Frank, Founder and Principal Investigator, and Dr. Megan Sandel, Research Scientist, are quoted in The Boston Globe article, "A rising hunger among children."
July 28, 2011: Dr. Deborah Frank, Founder and Principal Investigator was interviewed on WBUR.
July 28, 2011: Alfred Lubrano, Staff Writer for The Philadelphia Inquirer, cites Children's HealthWatch research and interviews the women of Witnesses to hunger.
July 28, 2011: Dr. Megan Sandel, Research Scientist, spoke to NECN about the increasing numbers of children who are hungry, and the health effects of food insecurity.
July 28, 2011: Dr. Megan Sandel, Research Scientist, was interviewed for Univision, Boston WUNI TV, about the increasing number of children who are food insecure and underweight.
June 10, 2011: Children's HealthWatch releases "Federal Programs that Protect Young Children's Health" policy action brief. The brief discusses Children's HealthWatch research on SNAP, WIC, LIHEAP and subsidized housing, and how these programs protect children's health.
April 23, 2011: Dr. Alan Meyers, Co-Principal Investigator of Children's HealthWatch Boston, was quoted in an article in the Boston Globe. The article discussed the cuts to the WIC program in Massachusetts and Gover Patrick's stance.
March 27, 2011: Dr. Deborah Frank, Founder and Co-Principal Investigator of Children's HealthWatch is quoted in the Hartford Courant about the impact of hunger on the bodies of children.
March 22, 2011: Children's HealthWatch research on the impact of hunger on cognitive development and health is quoted in a guest blog post by Dawn Crayco, deputy director of End Hunger CT!
March 16, 2011 Dr. John Cook, Co-Principle Investigator of Children's HealthWatch, was interviewed by NBC's Al Roker on how food insecurity and hunger affects a developing child.
March 3, 2011: Dr. Mariana Chilton, Co-Principal Investigator Philadelphia, was interviewed on NBC regarding the number of families with food insecurity in Philadelphia.
March 3, 2011: Children's HealthWatch releases a new report entitled "Behind Closed Doors: The hidden health impacts of being behind on rent."
January 20, 2011: Children's HealthWatch holds a policy briefing at the Massachusetts State House in Boston to discuss the child health impacts of being behind on rent.
January 18, 2011: Witnesses to Hunger hosts "Public Health Solutions for Child Hunger: A Conversation with USDA Under Secretary Concannon and Local Leaders" in Philadelphia to discuss solutions for solving child hunger.
