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Children from food-insecure households were more likely to attend school on Fridays if they received weekend meals through the BackPack food-distribution program at their school, according to a new study of 16 elementary schools in east central Illinois. The team, from left: Barbara H. Fiese, the director of the Family Resiliency Center; Brenda Koester, the center's assistant director; and agriculture and consumer economics professor Craig Gundersen.
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