Dr. Nord will present the composition of the numerator of the USDA GPRA food security indicator along several dimensions including household composition, race and ethnicity, region, education, and employment.

Mark Nord, Ph.D.
Sociologist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Washington, DC.

Mark Nord is a sociologist at the Economic Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He leads the Agency's work on measuring and monitoring household food security and conducts research on measurement and determinants of food security. Previous work includes research on natural resources, rural poverty, and migration at ERS and at the Pennsylvania State University, management of relief and development programs of a non-government organization in Bangladesh, and bush flying in the jungles of Borneo. He received MS and Ph. D. degrees in rural sociology from the Pennsylvania State University.

MARKNORD@ers.usda.gov

Low Income Nutrition Education: Speaking on Disparities with our Population

Dr. Chipman will describe Food Stamp Nutrition Education (FSNE), what is going on nationally in low-income nutrition education programming, and the role it plays in helping the nutritional health of food insecure persons.

Helen Chipman, Ph.D., R.D.
National Program Leader, Food and Nutrition Education, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Washington, DC.

For the past five years, Dr. Chipman has provided national leadership to land-grant universities involved in low-income nutrition education. In this capacity, she served as a liaison among universities and federal agencies, and has fostered shared understanding across organizational systems and structures. Additionally, she has given leadership to the development of a socio-ecological program management and reporting system, paraprofessional core competencies, and two national reports. Prior to taking on these responsibilities, Dr. Chipman provided state leadership for the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP), Food Stamp Nutrition Education (FSNE) and its associated state nutrition network, and had teaching, advising, and research responsibilities as an extension specialist and professor at South Dakota State University.
Dr. Chipman is a member of the American Dietetic Association and the Society for Nutrition Education. Her publications focus primarily on low-income nutrition education programming and risk communication. Dr. Chipman received a PhD in Food Science and Human Nutrition from Colorado State University, Fort Collins Colorado, with emphasis in applied nutrition education.

hchipman@csrees.usda.gov

The Thrifty Food Plan: Role in Food Security and Nutrition Education

This presentation focuses on USDA’s Thrifty Food Plan, which is the basis for food stamp allotments. The recent update of the Plan is addressed. How the Plan has changed over time and putting it into practice are also discussed.

Mark Lino was born in Boston. He has a B.S. in economics from Boston College and a Ph.D. in consumer economics from Cornell University. For the past twenty years he has been employed as an economist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He works on research related to food and nutrition, including the USDA Food Plans, one of which, the Thrifty Food Plan, he will be speaking on today. He has published in the Journal of Consumer Affairs, the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, and the Journal of Family and Economic Issues.

Mark.Lino@cnpp.usda.gov

Nutrition Education and Health Outcomes in Selected Child Nutrition Programs

Nutrition education and health outcomes will be described in selected Child Nutrition Programs, including Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.

Alice Lenihan, MPH, RD, LDN is Branch Head, Nutrition Services, North Carolina Division of Public Health and is responsible for the administration of public health nutrition programs for the maternal and child health population, including the WIC Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program, and the Summer Food Service Program. She is a public health nutritionist with interest in program planning and evaluation, community nutrition services and health promotion for special needs populations. She has a BS degree from the College of St. Elizabeth (NJ), Dietetic Internship at the Seattle Internship for Hospital Dietitians and an MPH from the University of North Carolina, School of Public Health, Chapel Hill.