The WIC Program: Background, Trends, and Economic Issues, 2009 Edition

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英文名称：

The WIC Program: Background, Trends, and Economic Issues, 2009 Edition

作者：

Victor Oliveira; Elizabeth Frazão

工作单位：

USDA's Economic Research Service

来源地址：

https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=46177

关键词：

Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs;  Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women;  Infants;  and Children;  WIC;  administrative-based issues;  outcome-based issues; 

年份：

2009

出版地：

Washington, DC, USA

总页数：

90 pp

语种：

English

摘要：

The mission of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is to safeguard the health of low-income women, infants, and children through age 4 who are at nutritional risk. WIC provides nutritious foods to supplement diets, nutrition education, and referrals to health care and other social services. Administered by USDA's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), almost half of all infants and about a quarter of all children ages 1-4 in the United States participate in the program. WIC is USDA's third-largest food and nutrition assistance program, accounting for 10 percent of total Federal spending on food and nutrition assistance. This report describes the WIC program-how it works, its history, program trends, and the characteristics of the population it serves. It also examines current issues facing WIC, focusing mainly on those with important economic implications.