Women, Infants And Children Program ( WIC )

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Discussion of the federally funded nutrition program. Components of WIC including providing nutritious food, nutrition education, access to health care to low-income pregnant women, new mothers and infants and children at nutritional risk. Nutritional makeup ot the WIC food package. Positive impact of WIC on its participants. Community welfare and economics.

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"This is an assessment of the WIC (Women, Infants and Children) program that has been in existence since 1972. The program was established by Congress in 1972 and authorized to go national in 1974. "WIC is a cost-effective federally funded preventive nutrition program that provides nutritious foods, nutrition education, and access to health care to low-income pregnant women, new mothers, and infants and children at nutritional risk." (FRAC, 2001) WIC, unlike other federal programs, is not an entitlement but receives funding through Congress annually.

WIC distributes a monthly food package to program participants that contains a prescribed combination of target foods. These are solely for the purpose of improving the nutritional quality of the program participants' diets and in such..."

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