Blog Post

How WIC Gives Children a Healthy Start, Preventing Obesity in Early Childhood

By The State of Obesity

In this blog, Georgia Machell, PhD, Senior Director, Research & Program Operations for the National WIC Association, and Jim Weill, J.D., President of Food Research & Action Center (FRAC), are interviewed for their insights about a new analysis of WIC data which demonstrates the positive impact WIC participation has on preventing severe childhood obesity.

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Date Added
July 15, 2019

Citation
State of Obesity (2019) How WIC Gives Children a Healthy Start, Preventing Obesity in Early Childhood. Blog post on the www.thestateofobesity.org. Available online: https://www.stateofobesity.org/stories/how-wic-gives-children-a-healthy-start-preventing-obesity-in-early-childhood/