Maybe this is off topic, but from a brief review of literature all information on hunger is related to the USDA Food Security index, which is a self reported. In a paper that purported to evaluate the use of the "Index" There is not a single paragraph I could find that indicates otherwise. The reports are taken as gospel by all media out…
Maybe this is off topic, but from a brief review of literature all information on hunger is related to the USDA Food Security index, which is a self reported. In a paper that purported to evaluate the use of the "Index" There is not a single paragraph I could find that indicates otherwise. The reports are taken as gospel by all media outlets. Objections to the measure due to no clear meaning of the index were barely mentioned and dismissed. More hunger serves the purposes of the USDA and big agriculture. There is a proposal at the end of the paper for randomized studies of the efectiveness of programs to relieve food insecurity, but the assumed measure of the outcome is changes in the "USDA Food Security and Hunger Measure!"
The Uses and Purposes of the USDA Food Security and Hunger Measure:
"A Report for the Committee on National Statistics Panel on Food Security Measurement"
By: Parke Wilde
Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
Maybe this is off topic, but from a brief review of literature all information on hunger is related to the USDA Food Security index, which is a self reported. In a paper that purported to evaluate the use of the "Index" There is not a single paragraph I could find that indicates otherwise. The reports are taken as gospel by all media outlets. Objections to the measure due to no clear meaning of the index were barely mentioned and dismissed. More hunger serves the purposes of the USDA and big agriculture. There is a proposal at the end of the paper for randomized studies of the efectiveness of programs to relieve food insecurity, but the assumed measure of the outcome is changes in the "USDA Food Security and Hunger Measure!"
The Uses and Purposes of the USDA Food Security and Hunger Measure:
"A Report for the Committee on National Statistics Panel on Food Security Measurement"
By: Parke Wilde
Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
parke.wilde@tufts.edu
September 29, 2004