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July 20, 2017Public Health NutritionOpen Access

The association between food insecurity and academic achievement in Canadian school-aged children

Erin Faught Patty L Williams Noreen D. Willows Mark Asbridge Paul J. Veugelers

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Abstract

Very low household insecurity is associated with poor academic achievement among children in Nova Scotia.

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Faught et al. (2017) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69a74f876e17c8b465d76d97 https://doi.org/10.1017/s1368980017001562

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