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Exploring the Influence of the National School Lunch Program on Children
Rachel E. Dunifon and Lori Kowaleski-Jones publish an article detailing the effects school lunch programs can have on child achievement, behavior, and social skills. This was important because it highlighted a positive effect school lunches had on children in kindergarten and first grade.
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Who Exits the Food Stamp Program after Welfare Reform?
Colleen M. Heflin publishes an article exploring what effects different statuses can have on one's probability to stop using the US foodstamp program. This is important because it highlighted ways the government can incentivize citizens to leave the food stamp system if said citizens are not receiving welfare.
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Food Hardships and Child Behavior Problems among Low-Income Children
Kristen Shook Slack and Joan Yoo publish their research on food hardships within families, and their correlation with child behavioral problems. They showed a positive relationship between food hardships within a family and a greater likelihood of a child developing internalized behaviour problems.
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An Age-Period-Cohort Analysis of the Rise in the Prevalence of the U.S. Population Overweight and/or Obese
Andrew Cook and Beth Osborne Daponte publish their research showing that obesity is a growing issue across all age demographics. Their research showed that factors that used to be effective anti-obesity measures such as income and education do not have as strong of an effect on preventing obesity anymore.
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Why Did the Food Stamp Caseload Decline (and Rise)? Effects of Policies and the Economy
Caroline Danielson publishes research done on effects economic policy can have on participation in food stamp programs. Her findings can be used to help the government better control and predict enrollment in food stamp programs.
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Growing Up Poor and Childhood Weight Problems
Haiyong Liu publishes an article detailing how a child's economic situation can have dangerous effects on body weight. This is important because it allows governments to use targeted healthy-eating incentives to combat obesity.
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The School Breakfast Program and Breakfast Consumption
Geetha M. Waehrer publishes an article detailing the effectiveness of school breakfast programs in the United States. These findings were important because they showed that a majority of students signed up for a breakfast program did not actually eat the provided breakfast, making the program a failure.
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Inside the War on Poverty: The Impact of Food Stamps on Birth Outcomes
Douglas Almond, Hilary W. Hoynes and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach publish a study exploring the correlation of food stamp usage and birth outcomes. Their study showed that participation in food stamp programs led to healthier babies compared to similar income families not using food stamp programs.
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The Effects of Food Stamp Benefits on Weight Gained by Expectant Mothers
Charles L. Baum publishes his research exploring how food stamp programs can help assist expectant mothers in gaining a healthy amount of weight, while not gaining too much weight. His research opens up a new possibility for increasing public health.
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Experimental Estimates of the Barriers to Food Stamp Enrollment
Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach publishes her research on how social stigma deters many potential food stamp participants from enrolling the the program. She found that by using a swipeable card as opposed to a physical coupon caused a dramatic increase in participation.
https://www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/dps/pdfs/dp136709.pdf
