The Impact of the Revised WIC Food Package on Maternal Nutrition During Pregnancy and Postpartum.

ABSTRACT: The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides nutritional support for pregnant and postpartum women and young children. The typical food package provided to recipient families was revised in October 2009 to include more whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and low-fat milk. Little is known about whether these revisions improved nutrition among women during this critical period of the life course. We conducted a quasiexperimental difference-in-differences analysis, comparing WIC recipients ("treatment" group) before and after the WIC policy change, while accounting for temporal trends among nonrecipients ("control" group). We examined nutritional outcomes among a cohort of 1,454 women recruited during pregnancy in 2006-2011 in Memphis and surroundin

SUBMITTER: Hamad R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6670068 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature