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Anita Singh
Researcher at United States Department of Agriculture
Publications - 6
Citations - 1101
Anita Singh is an academic researcher from United States Department of Agriculture. The author has contributed to research in topics: Food security & Food Stamp Program. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 6 publications receiving 994 citations.
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Access to Affordable and Nutritious Food-Measuring and Understanding Food Deserts and Their Consequences: Report to Congress
M. ver Ploeg,V. Breneman,Tracey L. Farrigan,Karen S. Hamrick,David L. Hopkins,Phillip R. Kaufman,Biing-Hwan Lin,Mark Nord,Travis A. Smith,Ryan J. Williams,K. Kinnison,Carol Olander,Anita Singh,E. Tuckermanty +13 more
TL;DR: Findings show that a small percentage of consumers are constrained in their ability to access affordable nutritious food because they live far from a supermarket or large grocery store and do not have easy access to transportation.
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Household Food Security in the United States in 2013
TL;DR: In 2013, an estimated 85.7 percent of American households were food secure throughout the entire year in 2013, meaning that they had access at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members.
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Household Food Security in the United States in 2016
TL;DR: An estimated 87.7 percent of American households were food secure throughout the entire year in 2016, meaning they had access at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members.
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Access to Affordable and Nutritious Food: Measuring and Understanding Food Deserts and Their Consequences: Report to Congress
Michele Ver Ploeg,Vince Breneman,Tracey L. Farrigan,Karen S. Hamrick,David L. Hopkins,Phillip R. Kaufman,Biing-Hwan Lin,Mark Nord,Travis A. Smith,Ryan Williams,Kelly Kinnison,Carol Olander,Anita Singh,Elizabeth Tuckermanty +13 more
TL;DR: The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 directed the U.S. Department of Agriculture to conduct a 1-year study to assess the extent of areas with limited access to affordable and nutritious food, identify characteristics and causes of such areas, consider how limited access affects local populations, and outline recommendations to address the problem as discussed by the authors.
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Household Food Security in the United States in 2013
TL;DR: In 2013, an estimated 85.7 percent of American households were food secure throughout the entire year in 2013, meaning that they had access at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members.