Exploring the Impact of the New WIC Food Package on Low-Fat Milk Consumption Among WIC Recipients: A Pilot Study

Meiqari, Lana; Torre, Lindsey A.; Gazmararian, Julie A.

doi:10.1353/hpu.2015.0092

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“…A longitudinal study of African–American and Hispanic women from WIC clinics in Chicago (n=273) found significant dietary improvements for Hispanic mothers who reported consuming more fruit, more reduced fat milk less whole milk and less saturated fat (all p<0.05). 39 African–American mothers reported consuming less whole milk (p=0.02) but no other changes were statistically significant. 41 There were no sustained dietary improvements in either group compared with baseline at 18 months.…”

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A realist review to explore how low-income pregnant women use food vouchers from the UK’s Healthy Start programme

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ObjectivesTo explore how low-income pregnant women use Healthy Start food vouchers, the potential impacts of the programme, and which women might experience these impacts and why.DesignA realist review.Eligibility criteria for selecting studiesPrimary or empirical studies (of any design) were included if they contributed relevant evidence or insights about how low-income women use food vouchers from the Healthy Start (UK) or the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) programmes. The assessment of ‘relevance’ was deliberately broad to ensure that reviewers remained open to new ideas from a variety of sources of evidence.AnalysisA combination of evidence synthesis and realist analysis techniques was used to modify, refine and substantiate programme theories, which were constructed as explanatory ‘context–mechanism–outcome’–configurations.Results38 primary studies were included in this review: four studies on Healthy Start and 34 studies on WIC. Two main outcome strands were identified: dietary improvements (intended) and financial assistance (unintended). Three evidence-informed programme theories were proposed to explain how aspects of context (and mechanisms) may generate these outcomes: the ‘relative value’ of healthy eating (prioritisation of resources); retailer discretion (pressure to ‘bend the rules’); the influence of other family members (disempowerment).ConclusionsThis realist review suggests that some low-income pregnant women may use Healthy Start vouchers to increase their consumption of fruits and vegetables and plain cow’s milk, whereas others may use them to reduce food expenditure and save money for other things.

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“…Forty-four studies assessed the association between the 2009 WIC food package revisions and availability of foods and beverages in supermarkets; purchases, redemptions, or dietary intake among WIC participants; obesity in early childhood; perinatal and birth outcomes; or outcomes related to breastfeeding [ 110 , 111 , 112 , 113 , 114 , 115 , 116 , 117 , 118 , 119 , 120 , 121 , 122 , 123 , 124 , 125 , 126 , 127 , 128 , 129 , 130 , 131 , 132 , 133 , 134 , 135 , 136 , 137 , 138 , 139 , 140 , 141 , 142 , 143 , 144 , 145 , 146 , 147 , 148 , 149 , 150 , 151 , 152 , 153 ]. There is consistent evidence of an association between the WIC food package revisions and improvements in household food purchases and dietary intake among both adults and children [ 111 , 114 , 115 , 116 ...…”

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“…Forty-four studies assessed the association between the 2009 WIC food package revisions and availability of foods and beverages in supermarkets; purchases, redemptions, or dietary intake among WIC participants; obesity in early childhood; perinatal and birth outcomes; or outcomes related to breastfeeding . There is consistent evidence of an association between the WIC food package revisions and improvements in household food purchases and dietary intake among both adults and children [111,[114][115][116]119,121,[135][136][137][138][139][140]145,[147][148][149]151]. Specifically, revisions to the food package are associated with improvements in total diet quality, increases in fruit, vegetables, whole grains, dietary fiber, and low-fat dairy, and reductions in full-fat dairy, saturated fat, and juice (with no evidence of complete substitution to other sugary drinks).…”

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Associations between Governmental Policies to Improve the Nutritional Quality of Supermarket Purchases and Individual, Retailer, and Community Health Outcomes: An Integrative Review

Moran

Clynes

et al. 2020

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Supermarkets are natural and important settings for implementing environmental interventions to improve healthy eating, and governmental policies could help improve the nutritional quality of purchases in this setting. This review aimed to: (1) identify governmental policies in the United States (U.S.), including regulatory and legislative actions of federal, tribal, state, and local governments, designed to promote healthy choices in supermarkets; and (2) synthesize evidence of these policies’ effects on retailers, consumers, and community health. We searched five policy databases and developed a list of seven policy actions that meet our inclusion criteria: calorie labeling of prepared foods in supermarkets; increasing U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits; financial incentives for the purchase of fruit and vegetables; sweetened beverage taxes; revisions to the USDA Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) food package; financial assistance for supermarkets to open in underserved areas; and allowing online purchases with SNAP. We searched PubMed, Econlit, PsycINFO, Web of Science, and Business Source Ultimate to identify peer-reviewed, academic, English-language literature published at any time until January 2020; 147 studies were included in the review. Sweetened beverage taxes, revisions to the WIC food package, and financial incentives for fruits and vegetables were associated with improvements in dietary behaviors (food purchases and/or consumption). Providing financial incentives to supermarkets to open in underserved areas and increases in SNAP benefits were not associated with changes in food purchasing or diet quality but may improve food security. More research is needed to understand the effects of calorie labeling in supermarkets and online SNAP purchasing.

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Systems map of interventions to improve dietary intake of pre-school aged children: A scoping review

Chan,

Conroy,

Phongsavan

et al. 2023

Preventive Medicine

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Exploring the Impact of the New WIC Food Package on Low-Fat Milk Consumption Among WIC Recipients: A Pilot Study

Abstract: Policy changes for WIC vouchers were implemented to encourage mothers to reduce fat calories in dairy products for them and their children. This represents a powerful, low-resource intervention to change health behaviors among low-income families.

Cited by 5 publications

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A realist review to explore how low-income pregnant women use food vouchers from the UK’s Healthy Start programme

A realist review to explore how low-income pregnant women use food vouchers from the UK’s Healthy Start programme

Associations between Governmental Policies to Improve the Nutritional Quality of Supermarket Purchases and Individual, Retailer, and Community Health Outcomes: An Integrative Review

Systems map of interventions to improve dietary intake of pre-school aged children: A scoping review

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