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Effects of Participation in the WIC Food Assistance Program on Children’s Health and Development: Evidence from NLSY Children


  Author: Lori Kowaleski-Jones, Greg J. Duncan
Publisher: Institute for Research on Poverty
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Document Date:                  April 01, 2000
Category: Children > Impact of Maternal Health on Children
Related Categories:
Children > Child Behaviour
Children > Child Development
Children > Child Welfare
Children > Health (fetal addictions, FAS, malnutrition)
 

This study looked at the well-being of children whose mothers participated in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).  It found that participation was associated with better birth weight and a more positive temperament for children.

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