Search Results
Title: WIC Nutrition Risk Criteria: A Scientific Assessment
Resulting in 1 citation.
| 1. |
Institute of Medicine |
|
WIC Nutrition Risk Criteria: A Scientific Assessment In: Poverty and Nutrition Risk: Chapter 2. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1996: pp. 41-51. Also: http://www.nap.edu/books/0309053854/html/ Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: National Academy Press Keyword(s): Birthweight; Child Health; Poverty; Welfare The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides specific supplemental foods, nutrition education, and social service and health care referrals to low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age 5 years who are at nutrition risk. The WIC program is based on the premise that many low-income individuals are at risk of poor nutrition and health outcomes because of insufficient nutrition during the critical growth and development periods of pregnancy, infancy, and early childhood. The WIC program is a supplemental food and nutrition program to help meet the special needs of low-income women, infants, and children during these periods. Income below 185 percent of the poverty level is one of the standards of eligibility for the WIC program... (Source: http://books.nap.edu/html/wic/index.html#sum. Washington DC, National Academy Press, 1996.) NLSY79 data on family income and birth outcomes such as birth weight, adequacy of pre-natal care, and infant mortality are used to show a relationship between poverty and poor pre-natal outcomes. |
|
|
Bibliography Citation
Institute of Medicine. "WIC Nutrition Risk Criteria: A Scientific Assessment" In: Poverty and Nutrition Risk: Chapter 2. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1996: pp. 41-51.
|