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The National Hunger Symposium was held by a coalition of organizations on the eve of National Hunger Awareness Day to address the issue of hungry Americans. Following opening remarks, Max Ar…

Witnesses testified before the committee about the problem of obesity, its causes, implications for health, and related costs. They addressed the relation between federal policies and obesit…

Witnesses testified regarding child nutrition programs, focusing on improving the quality of food and the efficiency of food distribution to schools and federal programs. The first panel, co…

Witnesses testified about ways to improve child nutrition programs. Among the topics discussed were childhood obesity, school lunch programs, and WIC programs. In order to fight childhood ob…

Mr. Bost talked about the Agriculture Department’s plan for increasing participation in the food stamp program. The food stamp program was scheduled to be reauthorized in the pending Farm Se…