A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of a Home-Delivered Food Box on Children’s Diet Quality in the Chickasaw Nation Packed Promise Project

Poor diet quality among children can lead to poor health, development, and academic achievement. Child nutrition assistance programs aim to improve diet quality among children.

A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of a Home-Delivered Food Box on Food Security in Chickasaw Nation

The 2010 Child Nutrition reauthorization called for the independent evaluation of innovative strategies to reduce the risk of childhood hunger or improve the food security status of households with children.

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Three School Meals and Weekend Food Backpacks on Food Security in Virginia

Food insecurity is a concern for the health and well-being of low-income children in the United States. School-based nutrition assistance programs aim to reduce food insecurity; however, there is limited evidence of their combined impact on food insecurity among children (FI-C).

Evaluation of Demonstration Projects to End Childhood Hunger (EDECH): The Virginia 365 Project

This evaluation report describes the vision, implementation, and impacts on child food insecurity and other outcomes of the Virginia 365 project.

School Nutrition and Meal Cost Study Volume 4: Student Participation, Satisfaction, and Dietary Intakes (Summary)

Findings from the extensive analyses of data collected in the SNMCS are presented in four report volumes. This summary report highlights key findings within Volume 4, which provides information on student participation in and parent and student satisfaction with the school meals program, student dietary...

Evaluation of Demonstration Projects to End Childhood Hunger (EDECH): The Chickasaw Nation Packed Promise Project

This evaluation report describes the vision, implementation, and impacts on child food insecurity and other outcomes of the Chickasaw Nation Packed Promise project.

School Nutrition and Meal Cost Study Volume 1: School Meal Program Operations and School Nutrition Environments (Summary)

Findings from the extensive analyses of data collected in the SNMCS are presented in four report volumes. This summary report highlights key findings within Volume 1, which provides updated information about school meal program operations and school nutrition environments.

School Nutrition and Meal Cost Study Final Report Volume 4: Student Participation, Satisfaction, Plate Waste, and Dietary Intakes

Findings from the extensive analyses of data collected in the SNMCS are presented in four report volumes. Volume 4 (this volume) addresses students’ participation in school meals, parents’ and students’ satisfaction with the meals, amounts of plate waste, and the influence of school meals on students’...

School Nutrition and Meal Cost Study Final Report Volume 1: School Meal Program Operations and School Nutrition Environments

Findings from the extensive analyses of data collected in the SNMCS are presented in four report volumes. Report Volume 1(this volume) provides updated information about school meal program operations and school nutrition environments.

Evaluation of Demonstration Projects to End Childhood Hunger: Final Interim Evaluation Report

USDA funded innovative strategies to end child hunger and food insecurity, and an independent, rigorous impact evaluation―the Evaluation of Demonstration Projects to End Childhood Hunger. This report describes the planning, early implementation, and baseline findings for the demonstrations.

Addressing Childhood Obesity Through Multisector Collaborations: Evaluation of a National Quality Improvement Effort

The Healthy Weight Collaborative (HWC) represents a national quality improvement effort to increase uptake of evidence-based community-based interventions to address obesity among children.

White Paper on the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) (Summary)

This white paper explains the program and describes some of its key results.

Summary of Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children: Evaluation Findings for the Full Implementation Year 2012

The Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children (SEBTC) demonstration offered a rigorous test of the impact of providing a monthly benefit of $60 per child - using existing electronic benefit transfer (EBT) systems - on food insecurity among children during the summer when school meals are not available.

Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children (SEBTC) Demonstration: 2012 (Technical Appendices)

Farmers adopted only simple and organizational OWFM practices, and training did not appear to affect adoption.

Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children (SEBTC) Demonstration: 2012

The Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children demonstration offered a rigorous test of the impact of providing a monthly benefit of $60 per child eligible for free or reduced-price school meals—using existing electronic benefit transfer (EBT) systems—on food insecurity among children during the...

White Paper on the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP)

This paper describes TEFAP, which manages and distributes food to the local emergency food assistance system and allows for scaling up distribution to those who need TEFAP foods most—particularly millions of low-income Americans who are experiencing short- or longer-term food insecurity, or food shortages...

Disparities in Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened and Other Beverages by Race/Ethnicity and Obesity Status Among United States Schoolchildren

This paper used data from the third School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study to identify disparities by race/ethnicity and obesity status in the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and other beverages among United States schoolchildren.

The Healthy Weight Collaborative: Using Learning Collaboratives to Enhance Community-Based Prevention Initiatives Addressing Childhood Obesity

This report from the field describes the design, implementation, and early evaluation results of the Healthy Weight Collaborative, a federally supported learning collaborative to develop, test, and disseminate an integrated change package of six promising, evidence-based clinical and community-based...

Reducing Calories and Added Sugars by Improving Children's Beverage Choices

This study estimated the mean calories from added sugars saved by switching sugar-sweetened beverages (including soda, fruit-flavored drinks, and sport drinks) and flavored milks consumed to unflavored low-fat milk (less than 1 percent fat) at meals and water between meals.

School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study-IV: School Foodservice Operations, School Environments, and Meals Offered and Served (Volume 1)

This report summarizes findings from the most recent assessment—the fourth School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study (SNDA-IV), which was completed in SY 2009–2010.

Summary of the Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children (SEBTC) Evaluation: Findings for Proof-of-Concept Year

The Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children (SEBTC), a demonstration by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, aims to mitigate summer child food insecurity by leveraging existing electronic benefit transfer technologies used by the Supplemental Nutrition Program for...

Congressional Status Report: Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children Demonstrations, Appendices

Congressional Status Report: Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children Demonstrations

The development, health, and well being of children depends on access to a safe and secure source of food.

Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children: Early Experiences through June 2011 of the Proof-of-Concept Year

This report describes the early experiences of the five State agencies receiving grants to implement the demonstration during a proof-of-concept (POC) year.

Compendium of Student, Teacher, and Classroom Measures Used in NCEE Evaluations of Educational Interventions, Volume II: Technical Details, Measure Profiles, and Glossary

This report contains resources to help researchers and policymakers review measures used in NCEE evaluations of educational interventions.

Efforts to Meet Children's Physical Activity and Nutritional Needs: Findings from the I Am Moving, I Am Learning Implementation Evaluation

This report presents findings from the two-year implementation evaluation of the "I am Moving, I am Learning (IM/IL)" enhancements in Head Start Region III to address childhood obesity.

School Food Environments and Practices Affect Dietary Behaviors of US Public School Children

Removing sugar-sweetened beverages from school food stores and snack bars, improving a la carte choices, and reducing the frequency of offering french fries merit testing as strategies to reduce energy from low-nutrient, energy-dense foods at school.

Application of Adult-Based Dietary Guidelines to Children: Evidence, Knowledge Gaps, and Policy Implications

Recommendations to promote healthy living, such as the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, are intended to translate scientific knowledge into everyday practice.

Summary of Published Evidence Related to the Dietary Guidelines for Children, 2004-2008

As part of a broader study to assess the science base of dietary guidance for children ages 2 to 18 years, Mathematica conducted a systematic review of the literature on food and nutrient intake and weight management published in 2004-2008.