Review of WIC food packages : improving balance and choice : final report

Review of WIC food packages improving balance and choice : final report

"The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) began 40 years ago as a pilot program and has since grown to serve over 8 million pregnant women, and mothers of and their infants and young children. Today the program serves more than a quarter of the pregnant...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores Corporativos: Committee to Review WIC Food Packages (-), Food and Nutrition Board, Health and Medicine Division
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press 2017.
Materias:
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (U.S.)
Food relief > United States.
Women > Nutrition > United States.
United States.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009621958106719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction and the process for revising the WIC food packages
  • The WIC program : changes since the last review and continuing challenges
  • Alignment of the current food packages with dietary guidance, special dietary needs, and cultural eating practices or food preferences
  • Nutrient and food group intakes of WIC participants
  • Nutrient and food group priorities for the WIC food packages
  • The revised food packages
  • Evaluation of cost
  • Sensitivity analysis for food package nutrient, food group, and cost models
  • How the revised food packages meet the criteria specified
  • The regulatory impact analysis (abridged)
  • Recommendations for implementation and research
  • Appendix A: Acronyms and abbreviations
  • Appendix B: Glossary
  • Appendix C: WIC food package regulation
  • Appendix D: Details of the Committee's information-gathering strategies
  • Appendix E: USDA-funded studies of the 2009 food package changes
  • Appendix F: Changes in the WIC food packages and program participation
  • Appendix G: Barriers to participation and redemption
  • Appendix H: Kosher and halal substitution options
  • Appendix I: Complementary feed: summary of information reviewed
  • Appendix J: Nutrient and food intake of WIC subgroups: analytical methods and results
  • Appendix K: Study design strategies for reducing the effects of selection bias in studies comparing WIC participants to others
  • Appendix L: Gap analysis
  • Appendix M: Behavioral approaches in WIC as a potential action
  • Appendix N: Comparison of current and revised food packages
  • Appendix O: Specific nutrient comparisons
  • Appendix P: Food specification detail
  • Appendix Q: Foods and food specifications that were reviewed, but not changed
  • Appendix R: Development of the food package nutrients and cost profiles
  • Appendix S: Sensitivity tests and results
  • Appendix T: Amounts of food groups and nutrients provided by the current, compared to the revised WIC food packages
  • Appendix U: The regulatory impact analysis (complete)
  • Appendix V: Committee biosketches
  • Index.

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