Poverty in childhood, especially deep poverty, is linked to a range of physical-biological, cognitive-academic, and social-emotional problems, and these problems persist into adulthood. The Society for Research in Child Development created a policy brief on the subject. 

As part of a regional response to meet the growing health and nutrition needs of an estimated 1.3 million children affected by the ongoing crisis.

Each year, the Annie E. Casey Foundation's KIDS COUNT Data Book provides information and data trends on the conditions of U.S. children and families.

The Future of Children organization has a blog, and a recent entry was on childhood obesity.