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The WIC program aims to safeguard the health of low-income women, infants, and children up to age 5 who are at nutrition risk by providing nutritious foods to supplement diets, information on healthy eating, and referrals to health care.
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29 sty 2021 · UNICEF collaborates with nutrition partners at global, regional and country levels to scale up nutrition policies, strategies and programmes that accelerate progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, including Goal 2: to end hunger and all forms of malnutrition.
9 lis 2023 · The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) has been shown to improve food and economic security, advance health and educational outcomes, and reduce health costs.
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children provides federal grants to states for supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, and to infants and children up to age five who are found to be at nutritional risk.
The largest federal nutrition program in the United States is the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). The program directly benefits pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women, as well as infants and children up to five years of age who have low income and are nutritionally at risk.
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), founded in 1972, is a USDA federal assistance program for health care and nutrition of low-income, pregnant and breastfeeding women, and children under age 5.
The USDA's Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) promotes the health and nutrition of low-income pregnant and postpartum women, infants, and children under 5 y old through the provision of foods chosen for their nutritional value.