ArticlePediatrics2021
The Revised WIC Food Package and Child Development: A Quasi-Experimental Study.
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- From pantry to physiology: A narrative review linking food insecurity to biological dysfunction.Dialogues in health · 2026Review
- Age of Entry into Early Intervention: Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Telehealth, and Other Factors.Journal of pediatrics. Clinical practice · 2026Article
- Settlement Duration Matters: Deportation Threat and Safety Net Participation Among Mixed-Status Families.The Russell Sage Foundation journal of the social sciences : RSF · 2025Article
- Safety Net Program Participation Patterns, Sociodemographic Factors, and Health.American journal of preventive medicine · 2025Article
- Participatory Systems Thinking to Elucidate Drivers of Food Access and Diet Disparities among Minoritized Urban Populations.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2024Article
- Leveraging the science of early life predictability to inform policies promoting child health.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2024Review
- Understanding the Predictors of Low Take-Up of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): A Nationwide Longitudinal Study.Maternal and child health journal · 2023Article
- A Systems Approach to Identify Factors Influencing Participation in Two Tribally-Administered WIC Programs.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Impact of fruit and vegetable benefits on pregnancy outcomes among WIC participants: a natural experiment.Translational behavioral medicine · 2022Article
- Effects of the revised WIC food package on women's and children's health: a quasi-experimental study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- The effect of the 2009 WIC revision on maternal and child health: A quasi-experimental study.Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology · 2022Article
- WIC Participation and Dietary Quality among US Children: Impact of the 2009 Food Package Revision.Journal of hunger & environmental nutrition · 2022Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesThe Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), one of the largest US safety net programs, was revised in 2009 to be more congruent with dietary guidelines. We hypothesize that this revision led to improvements in child development.
methodsData were drawn from a cohort of women and children enrolled in the Conditions Affecting Neurocognitive Development and Learning in Early Childhood study from 2006 to 2011 (Shelby County, TN;
resultsThe revised WIC food package led to increased length-for-age
conclusionsThis study provides some of the first evidence that children of mothers who received the revised WIC food package during pregnancy had improved developmental outcomes in the first 2 years of life. These findings highlight the value of WIC in improving early developmental outcomes among vulnerable children. The need to implement and expand policies supporting the health of marginalized groups has never been more salient, particularly given the nation's rising economic and social disparities.
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