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Publication Date

February 3, 2006

Type
Report Research
Topics
WIC Food Package




Report

WIC Food Packages: Time for a Change

By National Academies of Sciences, Institute of Medicine

This is a report of the National Academies’ Institute of Medicine (Food and Nutrition Board), published here by permission. It is also available on the Institute of Medicine website. In response to many concerns about the WIC food packages, the Food and Nutrition Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) asked the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to conduct a review of the WIC food packages.

Contractor: National Academies’ Institute of Medicine (IOM)

This research was funded by the USDA Food and Nutrition Service.


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Date Added
March 13, 2018

Citation
National Academies of Sciences, Institute of Medicine (2013) WIC Food Packages: Time for a Change. Available online: https://www.fns.usda.gov/wic/wic-food-packages-time-change


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