Data & Research
Resource | Research | Food/Nutrient Analysis
WIC Food Packages Policy Options
This study describes some of the choices state agencies made as they exercised the flexibility offered during the implementation and describes the resulting food packages.
06/01/2011
Resource | Research | Food/Nutrient Analysis
Proposed Criteria for Selecting the WIC Food Packages
This report is the first step in the developing recommendations for revision to the WIC food packages. It reviews the nutritional needs and assesses the dietary adequacy of the WIC target population and proposes priority nutrients and food groups and general nutrition recommendations for the WIC food packages. This is a report of the National Academies' Institute of Medicine (Food and Nutrition Board), published here by permission. It is also available on the Institute of Medicine website.
08/01/2004