Review of WIC food packages : an evaluation of white potatoes in the cash value voucher : letter report

Review of WIC food packages : an evaluation of white potatoes in the cash value voucher : letter report / Committee to Review the WIC Food Packages, Food and Nutrition Board ; Kathleen M. Rasmussen, Marie E. Latulippe, and Ann L. Yaktine, editors, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

"Review of WIC Food Packages: An Evaluation of White Potatoes in the Cash Value Voucher assesses the impact of 2009 regulation to allow the purchase of vegetables and fruits, excluding white potatoes, with a cash value voucher on food and nutrient intakes of the Special Supplemental Nutrition P...

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Corporate Author: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee to Review the WIC Food Packages (Author)
Other Authors: Rasmussen, Kathleen M. (Editor), Latulippe, Marie E. (Editor), Yaktine, Ann L. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Food relief > United States.
Women > Nutrition > United States.
Children > Nutrition > United States.
Maternal and infant welfare > United States.
Potatoes.
Nutrition policy.
Public welfare.
Nutrition > Requirements.
Mothers > Nutrition.
Children > Nutrition.
welfare services.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Poverty & Homelessness.
Public welfare
Potatoes
Nutrition > Requirements
Nutrition policy
Mothers > Nutrition
Children > Nutrition
Food relief
Maternal and infant welfare
Women > Nutrition
United States
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Summary:"Review of WIC Food Packages: An Evaluation of White Potatoes in the Cash Value Voucher assesses the impact of 2009 regulation to allow the purchase of vegetables and fruits, excluding white potatoes, with a cash value voucher on food and nutrient intakes of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) population and to consider whether white potatoes should be permitted for purchase with the voucher. This report considers the effects on diet quality, the health and cultural needs of the WIC population, and allows for effective and efficient administration nationwide in a cost-effective manner. Review of WIC Food Packages: An Evaluation of White Potatoes in the Cash Value Voucher recommends that the U.S. Department of Agriculture should allow white potatoes as a WIC-eligible vegetable, in forms currently permitted for other vegetables, in the cash value voucher pending changes to starchy vegetable intake recommendations in the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans"--Publisher's description
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 106 pages) : charts
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780309339254
0309339251
0309339278
9780309339278
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from electronic title page (National Academies Press, viewed on July 7, 2015).

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