Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC): Income Eligibility GuidelinesThe article offers information on a notice issued by the U.S. Food and Nutrition Service to declare the income eligibility guidelines for the U.S. state agencies which are participating in the...
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides nutritious foods, nutrition education, and referrals for health and social services to low-income pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women, and their infants and children under the age of 5. Numerous ...
Positive Influence of the Revised Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children Food Packages on Access to Healthy Foods The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) has important potential for preventing diet-related disease in low-income....
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is a needs-based program that offers nutrition education and a food supplement or voucher. This study assesses the effect that WIC participation has on availability of healthy food. Additionally, this study accounts ...
To examine state variation in minimum stocking requirements for Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)-authorized small food retailers. Methods. We obtained minimum stocking requirements for 50 states and the District of Columbia in 2017 from WIC Web pages or e...
This study identified differences between women from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and WIC/Farmers' Market Nutrition Programparticipating households regarding household food security status, fruit and vegetable intake and behaviors, perceived diet quality,...
This retrospective study aimed to identify factors associated with breastfeeding duration among women enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) of Hartford, Connecticut. The authors included mothers whose children were younger than 5 years and had stop...
Prevalence of Severe Obesity Among US Children Aged 2 to 4 Years Enrolled in Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) From 2000 to 2014 View LargeDownload Severe obesity was defined as sex-specific body mass index for age 120% or more of the 95th ...
We analyzed data from the Wisconsin Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program to examine the distribution of and trends in elevated blood lead levels among WIC-enrolled children from 1996 until 2000. Higher blood lead levels were seen among WIC-enrolled children, and although not statistically signif...
The prevalence of iron-deficiency anemia in children has decreased owing to the provision of iron-containing infant formula and cereal and food vouchers to children enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). To determine the prevalence of anemia ...