Working Families Summit Background
Documents
Coalition to
Improve Supplemental Nutrition for Children, Putting It All Together: A
Special Report to the Legislature on the Operation of the Federal and State
Child Nutrition Programs in California.
March 1994. Available from www.cfpa.net
Nord M. et al., Prevalence of Food Insecurity and Hunger
by State, 1996-98 (Washington, DC: Economic Research Service, USDA, 1999)
and its August 2000 addendum, How Many Households? How Many People?
United States Conference on Mayors. A Status Report on Hunger and Homelessness in America’s Cities 2001: A 27-City Survey. December, 2001 http://www.usmayors.org/uscm/hungersurvey/2001/hungersurvey2001.pdf
Meyers A et al., School Breakfast and School Performance. American Journal of Diseases of Children, 1989. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=2801668&dopt=Abstract
Minnesota Department of Children, Families and Learning, School Breakfast Programs-Energizing the Classroom, Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement, 1997. http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/schoolmeals/States/energize.pdf
Parker L., The Relationship Between Nutrition and Learning, National Education Association, 1989. www.frac.org
Pollitt, E., Does breakfast make a difference in school? Journal of the American Dietetic Association, October 1995. www.eatright.org
Tufts University School of Nutrition, The Link Between Nutrition and Cognitive Development in Children, Center on Hunger, Poverty and Nutrition Policy, 1998 http://hunger.tufts.edu/pub/statement.shtml
California Department of Social Services, Food Stamp
Household Characteristics Survey FFY 1999.
http://www.dss.cahwnet.gov/research/pdf/foodstamp99.pdf
California Food Policy Advocates. Best Practices to Improve the Food Stamp Program in California. November, 2000. http://www.cfpa.net/
California Food Policy Advocates. Knocking Down Barriers to Food Assistance: A Short Progress Report for California. December, 2001. http://www.cfpa.net/
California Food Policy Advocates. Understanding and Improving the Food Stamp Program in California: A Primer and Policy Guide for Advocates. November, 2001. http://www.cfpa.net/
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Background on
the Food Stamp Program, 18 October 2001.
http://www.cbpp.org/7-10-01fs.htm
United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service, Advanced Report: Characteristics of Food Stamp Households Federal Fiscal Year 2000, June 2001. http://www.fns.usda.gov/oane/MENU/Published/FSP/Participation.htm
United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition
Service, Food Stamp Program: Average Monthly Benefit Per Person, November
27, 2001. http://www.fns.usda.gov/pd/fsavgben.htm
United States General Accounting Office, Food Stamp
Program: Various Factors Have Led to Declining Participation, July 1999.
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/useftp.cgi?IPaddress=162.140.64.21&filename=rc99185.pdf&directory=/diskb/wais/data/gao
California Food Policy Advocates. Policy Recommendations in Response to the Obesity Epidemic. September, 2000. http://www.cfpa.net/Obesity/ObesityPolicy.pdf
California Food Policy Advocates. The Importance of Nutrition for Health and Disease Prevention in Children Ages 0-6. September, 2000. http://www.cfpa.net/Obesity/0-6paper.pdf
Cullen KW, et al. Effect of a la carte and snack bar foods at school on children’s lunchtime intake of fruits and vegetables. J Am Diet Assoc. December 2000 pp. 1482-6. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11138440&dopt=Abstract
Ludwig D, et al. Relation Between Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Drinks and Childhood Obesity: A Prospective, Observational Analysis. The Lancet. February 17, 2001 pp. 505-508. http://www.thelancet.com/pdfauth/pdfauth.isa?url=http%3A%2F%2Fpdf.thelancet.com%2Fpdfdownload%3Fuid%3Dllan.357.9255.original_research.15246.1%26x%3Dx.pdf&loggedin=N
Nestle M, et al. Halting the Obesity Epidemic: A Public Health Policy Approach. Public Health Reports. Jan/Feb 2000. pp. 12-24. http://www.cspinet.org/reports/obesity.pdf
Nestle M. Soft Drink “Pouring Rights”: Marketing Empty Calories. Public Health Reports 2000. pp. 308-319.
http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/Archives/CERU%20Archives/cace-00-03/cace-00-03.htm
Occidental College, Community Food Security Project, UEPI. Government Regulatory Power over Competing Food in Schools. Spring, 2001.
http://www.uepi.oxy.edu/projects/cfj/resources/nftsp/Government%20regulatory%20power.htm
Public Health Institute. 2000 California Fast Food Survey: Findings and Recommendations. February 2000. http://www.phi.org/publications/fastfood.pdf
Strategic
Alliance to Prevent Childhood Obesity. A
School-Community Approach to Obesity Prevention. January 2001. http://www.cfpa.net/Obesity/straall.htm
Strauss RS, et al. Epidemic Increase in Childhood Overweight, 1986-1998. JAMA December 12, 2001 pp. 2845-48. http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/current/rpdf/jbr10287.pdf
Tufts University School of Nutrition, Childhood Hunger, Childhood Obesity: An Examination of the Paradox. Center on Hunger and Poverty, 1996. http://hunger.tufts.edu/pub/pdf/hunger_and_obesity.pdf
United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service. Food Sold in Competition with USDA School Meal Programs: A Report to Congress. January 2001.http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Lunch/CompetitveFoods/competitive.foods.report.to.congress.htm
United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service. The School Meals Initiative Implementation Study: Second Year Report. July 2001. http://www.fns.usda.gov/oane/MENU/Published/CNP/CNP.HTM
United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service. The School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study – II: Final Report. July 2001. http://www.fns.usda.gov/oane/MENU/Published/CNP/CNP.HTM
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity. December 2001. http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/obesity/