Resource Types: Data

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Extending WIC’s Postpartum Care: Setting the Stage for Healthier Outcomes

Extended postpartum eligibility would enhance WIC’s public health imprint during the interconception period, improving subsequent birth outcomes and growing a healthier generation of Americans. This position paper lays out why […]

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Support the Wise Investment in Our Children (WIC) Act

The Wise Investment in our Children (WIC) Act, sponsored by Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Susan Collins (R-ME), is common-sense legislation that would improve maternal and child health outcomes in […]

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NWA 2019 Child Nutrition Reauthorization Priorities

NWA’s members – including state WIC directors, local agency directors and clinic supervisors, frontline clinic staff, and nutritionists – works tirelessly each day to deliver quality nutrition services and breastfeeding […]

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WIC’s Promotion and Support of Breastfeeding: Making Breastfeeding Accessible and Equitable for the WIC Population

This position paper affirms NWA’s support of the WIC program’s ongoing commitment to promote and support breastfeeding. It  highlights the numerous health, economic, and social benefits of breastfeeding for women, […]

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Statement on WIC and Oral Health

About WIC’s role in preventing early childhood caries

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NWA’s Position on Functional Ingredients

Today, a growing number of food products are offered with functional ingredients, e.g., long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids such as docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and arachidonic acid (ARA), prebiotics, and probiotics. These […]

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Preventing Maternal and Childhood Overweight and Obesity

Excessive weight gain in pregnancy not only increases health risks for the mother, but has been shown to increase the risks of obesity in children. Research indicates that a child […]

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The Role of WIC in Reducing Infant Mortality

Provides many statistics in these areas: WIC helps reduce risk factors for infant mortality WIC’s role in prenatal and postnatal care Improving birth outcomes reduces healthcare costs  

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NWA Statement on the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative

NWA urges all birthing hospitals and facilities adopt the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding to ensure delivery of high-quality care to all mothers and babies. In endorsing the Baby-Friendly Hospital […]

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The Use of Banked Donor Milk in WIC

Addresses these questions: Why Use Donor Human Milk Over Infant Formula? Who Receives Donor Milk? Is Donor Human Milk Safe? Why Support Banked Human Milk for WIC Mothers?

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