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Appendix E: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service Funded Studies Describing the Effect of the 2009 WIC Food Package Changes
Pages 381-390

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From page 381...
... Appendix E The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service Funded Studies Describing the Effect of the 2009 WIC Food Package Changes 381
From page 382...
... convenience Access to healthy foods improved using a influence of the revised packages on food access stores and non-chain composite score measure mostly due Special Supplemental grocery stores in 5 to increased availability and variety of Nutrition Program for towns of Connecticut whole grain products Women, Infants, and including 33 WIC Children food packages on authorized stores and access to healthy foods 219 non-WIC stores
From page 383...
... Total milk volume fell by in the Special Supplemental intakes 14.2 percent, whole milk by half, and Nutrition Program for WIC-eligible cheese by 37.2 percent. Women, Infants, and Saturated fat from milk and cheese Children declined by 85 g/month per household in Connecticut and 107 g/month per household in Massachusetts Gleason and Pooler, 2011: Exploratory study to assess WIC participants in Overall positive response to the food The effects of changes in participant satisfaction with Wisconsin: 126,850 package changes.
From page 384...
... Supermarket supplement, and what the potatoes: 10.4 percent of total fruit and individuals would choose to vegetable items reported purchase IOM, 2011: Planning a WIC Workshop to guide planning for Considered the WIC target Defined research priorities in the areas of research agenda: Workshop the use of significant WIC population birth outcomes, obesity, breastfeeding, summary research dollars food security, nutritional status, and nutrition education, as well as cost, benefits, and effectiveness of the program Joyce and Reeder, 2015: Analyze changes in PRAMS in 19 states Data showed steady upward trends in Changes in breastfeeding breastfeeding among WIC 2004–2010, PedNSS in ever-breastfed infants on WIC but among WIC participants participants before and after 16 states 2007–2010, not statistically different from trends following implementation of the new food package NIS from 50 states and in breastfeeding among non-WIC the new food package DC 2004–2010 low-income Kim et al., 2013: Mothers Examine WIC participant use 2,996 participants who Participants reported high satisfaction prefer fresh fruits and and satisfaction with jarred received WIC in with the CVV and jarred baby foods vegetables over jarred baby baby foods, preference for California in 2010 with significant variations across fruits and vegetables in the CVVs versus jarred baby (NEFPI survey) and ethnic groups.
From page 385...
... In small stores, this to evaluate the effect of index developed to monitor and non-WIC food increase was mostly attributed to policy changes to the Special the retail environment's stores in New Orleans, increased availability of cereals and Supplemental Nutrition adoption of these new Louisiana grains, juices and fruit, and infant fruits Program for Women, food supply requirements and vegetables Infants, and Children (WIC)
From page 386...
... increase in varieties of fresh fruits and shelf length of vegetables USDA/FNS, 2011: Evaluation Examine changes in A pre/post study collecting Notable differences in package assignments of the birth month breastfeeding initiation, data between April were observed, including decreases in breastfeeding changes to the duration, or intensity that 2009 and May 2010 the partial breastfeeding package, and WIC food packages occurred following issuance from 17 randomly increases in the full breastfeeding and of the 2007 interim rule for sampled local WIC full formula packages; infants receiving food package changes agencies, followed by no formula in the first month increased; data from 300,000 the proportion receiving the maximum participants allowance of formula also increased
From page 387...
... Costs year 2010 participant subgroup and national average retail increased 11 percent compared to 2005, total dollars spent on 17 prices for each WIC below the Consumer Price Index for major categories of WIC- food category were food at home. The relative cost of the eligible foods in 2010; data used to generate cost infant food package increased are compared to 2005 estimates for each food package USDA/FNS, 2015: WIC food Examine state agency responses 86 state agencies WIC participants were offered more packages policy options II, to policy options in the final representing 99.98 options after the implementation final report rule, determine differences percent of all WIC of the final rule.
From page 388...
... More breastfeeding initiation food-package assignments, WIC agencies. mothers received the full breastfeeding before and after a change WIC infant formula Administrative records package and the full formula package in the Special Supplemental amounts, and breastfeeding for 206,092 dyads with Nutrition Program for initiation an infant aged 0–5 Women, Infants, and months in the sampled Children WIC agencies Zenk et al., 2014: Impact of the Observe changes in fruit and Data from WIC vendors WIC policy revisions contributed to modest revised Special Supplemental vegetable prices pre-post in 7 northern Illinois reductions in fruit and vegetable prices.
From page 389...
... 2013. Mothers prefer fresh fruits and vegetables over jarred baby fruits and vegetables in the new Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children food package.
From page 390...
... 2015. WIC food packages policy options II, final report.


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