LEADER 05003nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910972547103321 005 20251116165642.0 010 $a0-309-18036-8 010 $a1-280-46553-0 010 $a9786610465538 010 $a0-309-65805-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000245233 035 $a(EBL)3378091 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000156547 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11149892 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000156547 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10130101 035 $a(PQKB)10648084 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3378091 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3378091 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10126241 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL46553 035 $a(OCoLC)923275390 035 $a(BIP)53854460 035 $a(BIP)13342480 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000245233 100 $a20060221d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aFood insecurity and hunger in the United States $ean assessment of the measure /$fPanel to Review U.S. Department of Agriculture's Measurement of Food Insecurity and Hunger ; Gooloo S. Wunderlich and Janet L. Norwood, editors 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWashington, DC $cNational Academies Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (157 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-309-10132-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""Front Matter""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 History of the Development of Food Insecurity and Hunger Measures""; ""3 Concepts and Definitions""; ""4 Survey Measurement of Food Insecurity and Hunger""; ""5 Item Response Theory and Food Insecurity""; ""6 Survey Vehicles to Measure Food Insecurity and Hunger""; ""7 Applicability of Food Insecurity Outcomes for Assessment of Program Performance""; ""8 Closing Remarks""; ""References""; ""Acronyms and Abbreviations""; ""Appendixes"" 327 $a""Appendix A Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement Questionnaire, December 2003""""Appendix B Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff""; ""Index"" 330 $aThe United States is viewed by the world as a country with plenty of food, yet not all households in America are food secure, meaning access at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life. A proportion of the population experiences food insecurity at some time in a given year because of food deprivation and lack of access to food due to economic resource constraints. Still, food insecurity in the United States is not of the same intensity as in some developing countries. Since 1995 the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has annually published statistics on the extent of food insecurity and food insecurity with hunger in U.S. households. These estimates are based on a survey measure developed by the U.S. Food Security Measurement Project, an ongoing collaboration among federal agencies, academic researchers, and private organizations. USDA requested the Committee on National Statistics of the National Academies to convene a panel of experts to undertake a two-year study in two phases to review at this 10-year mark the concepts and methodology for measuring food insecurity and hunger and the uses of the measure. In Phase 2 of the study the panel was to consider in more depth the issues raised in Phase 1 relating to the concepts and methods used to measure food security and make recommendations as appropriate. The Committee on National Statistics appointed a panel of 10 experts to examine the above issues. In order to provide timely guidance to USDA, the panel issued an interim Phase 1 report, Measuring Food Insecurity and Hunger: Phase 1 Report. That report presented the panel's preliminary assessments of the food security concepts and definitions; the appropriateness of identifying hunger as a severe range of food insecurity in such a survey-based measurement method; questions for measuring these concepts; and the appropriateness of a household survey for regularly monitoring food security in the U.S. population. It provided interim guidance for the continued production of the food security estimates. This final report primarily focuses on the Phase 2 charge. The major findings and conclusions based on the panel's review and deliberations are summarized. 606 $aFood supply$zUnited States 606 $aHunger$zUnited States 615 0$aFood supply 615 0$aHunger 676 $a363.80973 701 $aWunderlich$b Gooloo S$01088603 701 $aNorwood$b Janet Lippe$01256658 712 02$aNational Research Council (U.S.).$bPanel to Review U.S. Department of Agriculture's Measurement of Food Insecurity and Hunger. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910972547103321 996 $aFood insecurity and hunger in the United States$94477130 997 $aUNINA