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Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986-May-21
Pages: 212
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Strategies to Reduce Hunger in America. Hearing before the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. United States Senate, Ninety-ninth Congress, Second Session on Oversight on Strategies to Reduce Hunger in America.
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
This document is a transcript of testimony given to the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Strategies to reduce hunger in America are described and analyzed in the wake of proposed legislation, the Hunger Relief Act of 1986. Testimony is given on the following topics: (1) the Food Stamp Program; (2) supplemental food programs; (3) demographics of the hungry; (4) financial allocations for food programs; (5) special needs of children; (6) the effects of poverty on nutrition; (7) regional factors; (8) malnutrition; (9) the exaggerations in the publication of data on hunger; and (10) the effects of hunger on health and education. (VM)
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Food, Hunger, Nutrition, Poverty, Public Policy, Welfare Services
Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402.
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
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