FRAC - School Breakfast Scorecard 2007

School Breakfast is not only an extremely effective means to reduce hunger among needy children; it also improves nutrition, prevents obesity, improves students' attendance, attentiveness and achievement, and reduces discipline problems in school. In the 2006-2007 school year, we saw a 5% increase in low-income children's participation in the School Breakfast Program, and a 5.9% increase in overall participation.

Read the report here: http://www.frac.org/pdf/SBP_2007.pdf

FRAC - Child Nutrition Policy Brief: Competitive Foods in Schools

Obesity rates have doubled among children and tripled among adolescents over the past 20 years. Children with unhealthy eating patterns tend to maintain those unhealthy habits into adulthood. Research shows that access to competitive foods in school reduced the quality of students' diets, and is especially harmful for low-income students, who are less likely than their wealthier peers to be able to obtain healthy foods outside of school.

Read the policy brief here: http://www.frac.org/pdf/cncompfoods.PDF

FRAC - Child Nutrition Fact Sheet: Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)

The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) plays a vital role in improving the quality of child care and making it more affordable for many low-income families. CACFP ensures that young children in child care have access to a nutritious diet and improved eating habits through nutrition education.

Read the fact sheet here: http://www.frac.org/pdf/cncacfp.PDF

FRAC - School Wellness Policy Checkup: Is Your School District Addressing the Needs of Its Low-Income Students?

The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) provides a short checklist of seven benchmarks affecting low-income students that school districts should address in their school wellness policies.

Read the checklist here: http://www.frac.org/pdf/wellnnesscheck.pdf

USDA Economic Research Service - "Household Food Security in the United States, 2007"

Most U.S. households have consistent, dependable access to enough food for active, healthy living, but a minority of American household experience food insecurity at times during the year, meaning that their access to adequate food is limited by a lack of money and other resources. In 2007, 11.1 percent of U.S. households (13 million) were food insecure.

Read the summary here: http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/ERR66/ERR66_ReportSummary.pdf

Read the full report here: http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/ERR66/ERR66.pdf