ArticlePediatrics2016
Revised WIC Food Package and Children's Diet Quality.
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Fruit and Vegetable Rx + Home Plate, a Multilevel Intervention to Improve Dietary Disparities Among Low-income Children and Families
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73 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Fruit and Vegetable Purchases and Consumption among WIC Participants after the 2009 WIC Food Package Revision: A Systematic Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2020Pooled it
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- A nutrition environment measures survey for dollar stores (nems-ds) in rural south carolina: assessing nutrition equity and WIC readiness.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Diet Quality and Weight Status are Predicted by Federal Nutrition Assistance Program Participation, Health, and Demographics.Current developments in nutrition · 2025Article
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- From preschool to policy: A scoping review of recommended interventions for a systems approach to improve dietary intake in early childhood.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Article
- From preschool to policy: A scoping review of recommended interventions for a systems approach to improve dietary intake in early childhood.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Article
- A Scoping Review to Identify Community- and Societal-Level Strategies Evaluated from 2013 to 2023 for Their Potential Impact on Child Well-Being in the United States.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Experiences participating in federal nutrition assistance programs during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic: an investigation in Vermont.Nutrition journal · 2024Article
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- Mixed methods evaluation of the COVID-19 changes to the WIC cash-value benefit for fruits and vegetables.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Lower redemption of monthly Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children benefits associated with higher risk of program discontinuation.Public health nutrition · 2023Article
- Increased WIC Cash Value Benefit is Associated with Greater Amount and Diversity of Redeemed Fruits and Vegetables among Participating Households.Current developments in nutrition · 2023Article
- Importance of Nutrition Security to CVD Prevention Efforts in the USA.Current atherosclerosis reports · 2023Review
- A Descriptive Analysis of Redemption Patterns by Vendor Type Among: WIC Participants in Massachusetts.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2023Article
- Trends in Food Consumption Among Children Aged 1-4 Years by Participation in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, United States, 2005-2018.The Journal of nutrition · 2023Article
- Food security and diet quality in a racially diverse cohort of postpartum women in the USA.The British journal of nutrition · 2023Article
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- How policy implementation shapes the impact of U.S. food assistance policies: the case study of the Child and Adult Care Food Program.Frontiers in health services · 2023Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesIn October 2009, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) food package was revised to include more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and lower-fat milk. We examined the impact of the WIC food package revisions on the diet quality of children in households using WIC.
methodsA total of 1197 children aged 2 to 4 years from low-income households were studied from before and after the policy implementation (using the 2003-2008 and 2011-2012 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey). The Healthy Eating Index-2010 (HEI-2010) was calculated using two 24-hour diet recalls. Linear regression was used to examine the difference in HEI-2010 score attributable to the food package change, adjusting for baseline and secular trends among WIC participants and nonparticipants, as well as child and household characteristics. Component scores of the HEI-2010 index were analyzed with generalized linear models.
resultsAverage HEI-2010 scores for participants and nonparticipants were 52.4 and 50.0 at baseline, and 58.3 and 52.4 after the policy change, respectively. The WIC food package revisions were associated with an adjusted average of 3.7 additional HEI-2010 points (95% confidence interval, 0.6-6.9) for WIC participants compared with nonparticipants. In particular, the revisions were associated with a 3.4-fold relative increase (95% confidence interval, 1.3-9.4) in the Greens and Beans component score for WIC participants compared with nonparticipants.
conclusionsResults from this national sample indicate that the WIC food package revisions were associated with higher diet quality for children participating in WIC.
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