Review of WIC food packages : proposed framework for revisions : interim report / Kathleen M. Rasmussen, Marie E. Latulippe, and Ann L. Yaktine, editors ; Committee to Review WIC Food Packages [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rasmussen, Kathleen M., editor.

Latulippe, Marie E., editor.

Yaktine, Ann L., editor.

Committee to Review WIC Food Packages.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (U.S.).

Food relief--United States.

Women--Nutrition--United States.

Children--Nutrition--United States.

Maternal and infant welfare--United States.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (587 pages) : illustrations, tables

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press, 2016.

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 $6.2 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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 25, 2016).

ISBN:

9780309380034

0309380030

9780309380010

0309380014