新冠疫情期间婴幼儿喂养的安全网正在瓦解。
A Safety Net Unraveling: Feeding Young Children During COVID-19.
机构信息
Katherine W. Bauer is with the Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor. Jamie F. Chriqui is with the Division of Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, University of Illinois, Chicago. Tatiana Andreyeva is with the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity, University of Connecticut, Hartford. Erica L. Kenney is with the Departments of Nutrition and Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Virginia C. Stage is with the Department of Nutrition Science, College of Allied Health Sciences, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC. Dipti Dev is with the Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies, College of Education and Human Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Laura Lessard is with the Department of Behavioral Health & Nutrition, University of Delaware, Newark. Caree J. Cotwright is with the Department of Foods and Nutrition, University of Georgia, Athens. Alison Tovar is with the Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston.
出版信息
Am J Public Health. 2021 Jan;111(1):116-120. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.305980. Epub 2020 Nov 19.
The emergence of COVID-19 in the United States led most states to close or severely limit the capacity of their early child-care and education (ECE) programs. This loss affected millions of young children, including many of the 4.6 million low-income children who are provided free meals and snacks by their ECE programs through support from the federal Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP).Although Congress swiftly authorized waivers that would allow CACFP-participating ECE programs to continue distributing food to children, early evidence suggests that most ECE programs did not have the capacity to do so, leaving a fragmented system of federal, state, and local food programs to fill the gaps created by this loss.Critical steps are needed to repair our nation's fragile ECE system, including greater investment in CACFP, to ensure the nutrition, health, and development of young children during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
新冠疫情在美国的爆发导致大多数州关闭或严重限制其早期儿童保育和教育（ECE）计划的容量。这一损失影响了数百万幼儿，包括联邦儿童和成人照顾食品计划（CACFP）支持下的 460 万低收入儿童中的许多儿童，他们的 ECE 计划为他们提供免费的餐食和零食。尽管国会迅速授权豁免，允许参与 CACFP 的 ECE 计划继续向儿童分发食品，但早期证据表明，大多数 ECE 计划没有能力这样做，导致联邦、州和地方食品计划零碎地填补了这一损失造成的空白。需要采取关键步骤来修复我们国家脆弱的 ECE 系统，包括对 CACFP 的更大投资，以确保在新冠疫情期间和之后，幼儿的营养、健康和发展。
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