The Scientific Integrity of the WIC Food Package

The scientific integrity of the WIC food package is one of multiple factors that helps this federal nutrition program ensure the health and well being of participants. Reviewed every 10 years as mandated by the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act (of 2010), changes to the WIC food package have resulted in improved health outcomes. From increased fruit and vegetable consumption to increased access to health foods for entire communities including non-WIC participants, this video talks about how WIC not only helps to fight hunger in America but it also improves participants' nutritional health.
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1.National WIC Association (2017) In Defense of WIC: The WIC Food Package is Prescriptive and Specific to the Needs of the Participant. Accessed online: www.nwica.org/...
2. National WIC Association (2019) The WIC Food Package. Accessed online: s3.amazonaws.c...
3. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (2017) Review of WIC Food Packages: Improving Balance and Choice: Final Report Chapter: 6 The Revised Food Packages. Available online: www.nap.edu/re...
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[@robincastillo7457]

I Thank you for these videos, like you I found that working at clinics or other locations as a nutritionist were not for me. Working at wic is my goal, I just graduated with my masters in nutrition and am trying to get into wic. Your videos are helping me prepare for interviews and simply get to know the program the best I can. Helping my community especially mothers and children is my passion. They are our future and they deserve access to what wic offers. Thanks again!

[@DarlenatheDietitian]

Thank you so much for the kind words and for watching my videos!

[@SomeGal]

Will juice ever be eliminated from the food package now that fruits and vegetables have been added?

[@DarlenatheDietitian]

Excellent question! In their 2017 report, NASEM reduces the amount of juice given to participants by half and recommends allowing participants the option to substitute their juice benefit for an extra $3 on the CVB so that they can buy more fruits and vegetables. So the good news is that juice, provided that USDA accepts the recommended changes, will be further reduced in the WIC food package. Now whether or not juice gets completely eliminated from the WIC food package in the future remains to be seen. :-)