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The Economic Impacts of Breastfeeding: A Focus on USDA’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

By Olivera V, Prell M, Cheng X

Breastfeeding rates among participants in USDA’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) are lower than the U.S. average. This study estimates the effects that increased breastfeeding rates in WIC would have on the number of WIC participants, costs to WIC and Medicaid, and health-related costs that accrue to WIC households or their health insurance providers.

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Date Added
May 3, 2019

Citation
Oliveira V,  Prell M, and Cheng X (2019) The Economic Impacts of Breastfeeding: A Focus on USDA’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), ERR-261, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, February 2019. Available online: https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=91272