Food Insecurity in Families with Children

Part of the SpringerBriefs in Psychology Book Series

Editors: Fiese, Barbara H.; Johnson, Anna D.

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-74342-0

ISBN: 978-3-030-74341-3

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Oct 26, 2021

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Chapter 1Introducing the Issue

Fiese, Barbara H.

Pages: 1 –10

[Food insecurity, or not having access to enough food to live an active healthy lifestyle, affects over 30% of low-income households with young children. With the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic, there are estimates that there will be between 12 million and 18 million children experiencing...
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Chapter 2Food Insecurity in Toddlerhood and School Readiness: Mediating Pathways Through Parental Well-Being and Behaviors

Markowitz, Anna J.; Johnson, Anna D.; Hines, Caitlin T.

Pages: 11 –32

[Food insecurity in the United States is both widespread among families with children—currently affecting nearly one in three families—and especially damaging during early childhood, in part because of its links to children’s language, mathematics, and socio-emotional skills at school entry. In...
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Chapter 3The Consequences of Food Insecurity for Children with Disabilities in the Early Elementary School Years

Gee, Kevin A.

Pages: 33 –54

[Although food insecurity has been shown to place children’s developmental outcomes at risk, less is known about how children with disabilities fare if they are raised in households experiencing food insecurity. To address this gap in the evidence base, this chapter investigates how food...
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Chapter 4Early Childhood WIC Receipt and Cognitive and Socioemotional Outcomes at School Entry and Middle Childhood

Hines, Caitlin T.; Ryan, Rebecca

Pages: 55 –75

[The goal of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is to support the health and well-being of low-income women, infants, and children by providing pregnant women, and children up to 5 years old, with access to nutritious food. While the health benefits...
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Chapter 5Food Insecurity in Households with Adolescents: Links to Youth Mental Health

Gassman-Pines, Anna; Copeland, William E.; Hoyle, Rick H.; Odgers, Candice L.

Pages: 77 –94

[Grounded in a developmental perspective, this chapter focuses, in particular, on food insecurity among adolescents. Using survey data from parents and adolescents in the same family (N = 581 families with both parent and adolescent reports), results show that though parents and adolescents...
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Chapter 6The Role of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in Addressing Negative Outcomes Associated with Food Insecurity

Gundersen, Craig

Pages: 95 –101

[The COVID-19 pandemic has drawn extensive attention to the problem of food insecurity in the United States. This attention is primarily due to the projected dramatic increases of up to 50% in the number of people experiencing food insecurity. While COVID-19 has highlighted the importance of food...

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