A new study to appear in the Journal of Econometrics and reported by Science Daily has found that participation in the National School Lunch Program (“NSLP”) reduces food insecurity among impoverished children by 3.8 percent and reduces poor general health by 29 percent. Those results aren’t so surprising; indeed, the NSLP was founded on the very notion [...]
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Back when I started TLT I was the very model of blogger organization — I went out and bought this official-looking black notebook in which I laid out all my posts, weeks ahead of time. That lovely system lasted . . . well, not very long. These days, with a few exceptions, pretty much [...]
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As we discuss the travails of picky eaters, processed snacks and unhealthy children’s menus in restaurants, it’s all too easy to forget that for many children, both in the United States and around the world, getting anything to eat is a desperate daily struggle. The New York Times reports today that the United Nations has [...]
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Although regular readers of TLT may have a sense of my liberal politics, I generally try to keep this forum neutral and nonpartisan. (Except when I’m talking about Rush Limbaugh. Or the Heritage Foundation. Or conservative pundits who want to end the school lunch program and let poor kids fend for themselves. Or right wing [...]
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As many of you many know, each year the U.S. Postal Service sponsors a food drive called “Stamp Out Hunger,” and this year it falls on Saturday, May 14th. To participate, all you have to do is leave a bag of nonperishable food where your mail is delivered and your letter carrier will take it [...]
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A friend of mine once told me that after preparing a weeknight dinner, she and another friend take pictures of their respective meals on their cell phones and send them to each other. When I asked why they did it, she said, “For bragging rights!” I laughed at the time, but as we’ve discussed here, [...]
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Today the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) reported that almost 18% of Americans said in September that they’d struggled to afford feeding themselves and their families over the past year. While that number is still much too high — almost one in five households — it does represent a slight decrease from 2009 [...]
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Earlier today I circulated an NPR report on the co-existence of hunger and obesity among the poor. In that report, it was asked why a cash-strapped parent might give a child soda instead of milk and a representative of a local food pantry commented: “A gallon of milk is $3-something. A bottle of orange soda [...]
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We’ve talked a fair amount on this site regarding the seemingly paradoxical — but very real — co-existence of hunger and obesity among the poor. NPR had a great story on precisely that issue this morning. The written report is here.
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