Despite federal food assistance and private charitable programs, food insecurity is a persistent national problem.
Edward Frongillo
We found that kindergarten girls from food-insecure families tend to gain more weight than other girls, which may put them at risk for obesity as adults.
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We found that reading development, in particular, is affected in girls, though the mathematical skills of food-insecure children entering kindergarten also tend to develop significantly more slowly than other children's.
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