The Relationship between the School Breakfast Program and Food Insecurity
The Relationship between the School Breakfast Program and Food Insecurity
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DOI：
10.1111/joca.12163
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发表时间：
2017-09-01
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Frisvold, David E.
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作者：
Fletcher, Jason M.;Frisvold, David E.
从最近的经济衰退开始，美国的粮食不安全率显著上升，并一直居高不下。这些高比率的影响是严重的，因为粮食不安全与广泛的健康、行为、社会和认知困难有关。本文探讨了学校早餐计划（SBP）与粮食不安全结果之间的关系。由于直接向学生提供早餐和隐含的家庭收入转移，SBP有可能减少粮食不安全。我们使用与学校贫困率相关的州一级临界值来比较类似学校的学生的食品安全结果，但提供早餐的要求不同。我们的估计表明，要求学校提供SBP的国家政策减少了幼儿的食品不安全。
Food insecurity rates have risen significantly in the United States, beginning with the recent recession, and remained high. The implications of these high rates are severe in that food insecurity has been associated with a wide range of health, behavioral, social, and cognitive difficulties. This article examines the relationship between the School Breakfast Program (SBP) and food insecurity outcomes. The SBP has the potential to reduce food insecurity because of the direct provision of breakfast to students and the implied income transfer to households. We use state-level cutoffs tied to school-level poverty rates that mandate the provision of the SBP to compare the food security outcomes of students in similar schools, but with different requirements to provide breakfast. Our estimates suggest that state policies requiring schools to offer the SBP have reduced food insecurity for young children.