WIC; breastfeeding; formula; maternal and child health; food assistance program1. Introduction The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) serves nearly half of all infants born in the USA [1]. Since breastfeeding is critical to both maternal and infant ...
2.3. Breastfeeding Duration The WIC program issues four infant food packages that vary in the amount of infant formula provided: fully breastfeeding (0 mL of infant formula), mostly breastfeeding (≤5323 mL monthly), some breastfeeding (6624 to 11,918 mL monthly), and no breastfeed- ing ...