Research Catalog

Title

WIC food packages : time for a change / Committee to Review the WIC Food Packages, Food and Nutrition Board.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2006], ©2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee to Review the WIC Food Packages.

Description

xvi, 415 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Subject

• Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (U.S.)
• Food > Labeling
• Nutrition
• Food Labeling > economics
• Food Labeling > standards
• Dietary Supplements > standards
• Evaluation Studies as Topic
• Foods, Specialized > standards
• Nutritional Requirements
• United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-204) and index.

Contents

1. Introduction and background -- 2. Nutrient and food priorities for the WIC food packages -- 3. Process used for revising the WIC food packages -- 4. Revised food packages -- 5. Evaluation of cost -- 6. How the revised food packages meet the criteria specified -- 7. Recommendations for implementation and evaluation of the revised WIC food packages -- 8. References -- App. A. Comparison of current and revised food packages -- App. B. Nutrient profiles of current and revised food packages -- App. C. Nutrient intake of WIC subgroups -- App. D. Evaluating potential benefits and risks of the revised food packages -- App. E. Cost calculations.

ISBN

0309096502 (pbk.)

LCCN

2005021252

OCLC

• ocm61167773
• SCSB-5221789

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries