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1 online resource (1 PDF file (xv, 570 pages)) : illustrations |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) began 40 years ago as a pilot program and has since grown to serve over 8 million pregnant women, and mothers of and their infants and young children. Today the program serves more than a quarter of the pregnant women and half of the infants in the United States, at an annual cost of about $9.2 billion. Through its contribution to the nutritional needs of pregnant, breastfeeding, and post-partum women; infants; and children under 5 years of age; this federally supported nutrition assistance program is integral to meeting national nutrition policy goals for a significant portion of the U.S. population. To assure the continued success of the WIC, Congress mandated that the Food and Nutrition Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reevaluate the program's food packages every 10 years. In 2014, the USDA asked the Institute of Medicine to undertake this reevaluation to ensure continued alignment with the goals of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. This, the second report of this series, provides a summary of the work of phase I of the study, and serves as the analytical underpinning for phase II in which the committee will report its final conclusions and recommendations. |
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NOTICE: This activity was supported by Grant No. AG-3198-D-14-0050_0001-005 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of any organizations or agency that provided support for the project. |
| Contents |
Summary -- Introduction and background -- The WIC participant experience -- Approach to the task -- Nutrient intakes of WIC-eligible populations -- Food intake of WIC-eligible populations -- Nutrition-related health risks in the WIC population -- Promotion, motivation, and support of breastfeeding with the WIC food packages -- Meeting diverse dietary needs and preferences: considerations for the WIC food packages -- Background and approach to considering food package options -- Food expenditure analysis -- Findings and conclusions -- Appendix A: Acronyms and abbreviations -- Appendix B: Glossary -- Appendix C: Comparison of Institute of Medicine 2006 recommendations and regulatory implementation -- Appendix D: Composition of the WIC food packages -- Appendix E: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service funded studies describing the effect of the 2009 WIC food package changes -- Appendix F: Changes in the WIC Food Packages and program participation: methods -- Appendix G: Literature findings on barriers and incentives to WIC participation and redemption -- Appendix H: Workshop agendas -- Appendix I: Evidence review strategy -- Appendix J: Dietary reference intake values and nutrients and foods analyzed -- Appendix K: Diet quality indexes -- Appendix L: Household food expenditure analysis -- Appendix M: Regulatory impact anlysis approach -- Appendix N: Committee perceptions of the WIC experience -- Appendix O: Summary results from the diet quality of American young children by WIC participation status -- Appendix P: Nutrient intake of WIC and WIC-eligible populations -- Appendix Q: Food intake of WIC and WIC-eligible populations -- Appendix R: Summary of national dataset characteristics applied in the evaluation of health risks -- Appendix S: Breastfeeding literature findings -- Appendix T: Chronology of statutes pertaining to the definition of WIC supplemental foods -- Appendix U: Committee biosketches. |
| Local Note |
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Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (U.S.)
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Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (U.S.) |
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Food relief -- United States.
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Food relief. |
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United States. |
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Women -- Nutrition -- United States.
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Women -- Nutrition. |
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Children -- Nutrition -- United States.
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Children -- Nutrition. |
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Maternal and infant welfare -- United States.
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Maternal and infant welfare. |
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United States. |
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Electronic books.
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Women. |
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Womyn. |
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Children. |
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Technical reports.
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Technical reports.
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Rasmussen, Kathleen M., editor.
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Latulippe, Marie E., editor.
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Yaktine, Ann L., editor.
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Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee to Review the WIC Food Packages, issuing body.
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Print version: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee to Review the WIC Food Packages. Review of WIC food packages. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2016 0309380006 (OCoLC)936145242 |
| ISBN |
9780309380010 |
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0309380014 |
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9780309380003 |
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0309380006 |
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