Changing WIC Food Packages & the Impact on Childhood Obesity by Family Income

Childhood obesity continues to be a significant problem in the United States, putting children and adolescents at risk for poor health.  A new research study led by Dr. Pia Chaparro from the Tulane University’s School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, our PHFE WIC Program Director of Research and Evaluation, Shannon Whaley, in collaboration with UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, showed receiving the foods provided in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) packages were associated with reduced childhood obesity risk among all WIC-participating families in Los Angeles County, across levels of income eligibility and neighborhood poverty. However, boys living in the poorest households had a modestly more considerable obesity risk reduction (18 %) than boys living in less poor households (13–15 %) when they received the new food package. 

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Full article here: ‘The role of income and neighborhood poverty in the association between the 2009 Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) food package change and child obesity among WIC-participating children in Los Angeles County, 2003–2016′ by M Pia Chaparro, Shannon E Whaley, Christopher E Anderson, May C Wang, Catherine M Crespi.