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peer-reviewed research article

Food insecurity prominent among low-income California Latinos

authors

Lucia L. Kaiser, UC Davis
Anna C. Martin, UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE) San Joaquin County
Diane L. Metz, UCCE Solano County
Yvonne Nicholson, UCCE Sacramento County
Mary Lavender Fujii, UCCE Contra Costa County
Cathi Lamp, UCCE Tulare County
Marilyn S. Townsend, UC Davis
Patricia B. Crawford, Department of Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology
Hugo Melgar-Quiñonez, UC Davis

publication information

California Agriculture 58(1):18-23. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v058n01p18. January-March 2004.

Summary

In a study of low-income Latino households, more than 60% were food insecure with varying degrees of hunger; food for preschoolers was affected.

author affiliations

L.L. Kaiser is Nutrition Specialist, Department of Nutrition, UC Davis; A.C. Martin is Nutrition, Family and Consumer Sciences Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE) San Joaquin County; D.L. Metz is Nutrition, Family and Consumer Sciences Advisor, UCCE Solano County; Y. Nicholson is Nutrition, Family and Consumer Sciences Advisor, UCCE Sacramento County; M.L. Fujii is Nutrition, Family and Consumer Sciences Advisor, UCCE Contra Costa County; C.L. Lamp is Nutrition, Family and Consumer Sciences Advisor, UCCE Tulare County; M.S. Townsend is Nutrition Education Specialist, Department of Nutrition, UC Davis; P.B. Crawford is Nutrition Specialist, Department of Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology, UC Berkeley; H. Melgar-Quiñonez is Assistant Professor, Department of Human Nutrition, Ohio State University (formerly Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Nutrition, UC Davis).

author notes

We thank Nancy Feldman, Janice Harwood, Sotera Barker, Francisca Ramos, Nitza Rodriguez, Dennis Carrasquilla, Norma Molina, Mariana Castro, Anna Olivares, Martha Van Loan, Sharon Fleming, Ana Claudia Zubieta, Myriam Anaya, Nancy Keim, Gloria Espinoza-Hall, Dorothy Smith and Joanne Ikeda for their help in this research project. The UC Davis Economic Research Program Small Grants Program and the UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources funded this work.


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