WIC and the Nutrient Intake of Children

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英文名称：

WIC and the Nutrient Intake of Children

作者：

Victor Oliveira; Craig Gundersen

工作单位：

USDA's Economic Research Service

来源地址：

https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=46882

关键词：

WIC;  nutrient intake;  self-selection bias;  food assistance;  nutrition;  children; 

年份：

2000

出版地：

Washington, DC, USA

总页数：

26 pp

语种：

English

摘要：

After controlling for self-selection bias, participation in the WIC program (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) has a significant positive effect on children's intakes of iron, folate, and vitamin B-6. Iron is one of five nutrients targeted by the program, the others being protein, calcium, vitamin A, and vitamin C. Folate and vitamin B-6, along with zinc, were recommended by a 1991 USDA study as nutrients that the program should also target. The data set used, the 1994-96 Continuing Survey of Food Intake by Individuals, reflects the dramatic increase during the 1990's in the number of children in the program. ERS AutoFAX summary document # 01805. Contact: victoro@ers.usda.gov.