Changing WIC Changes What Children Eat

Sally E. Findley, Columbia University
Mary Ann Chiasson, Public Health Solutions, NY
Jackson Sekhobo, New York State Department of Health
Roberta Scheinnmann, Public Health Solutions, NY
Lynn Edmunds, New York State Department of Health
Ade Faly, New York State Department of Health
Natasha McLeod, Columbia University

In January 2009, New York State’s WIC program (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children) was the first state to implement USDA-mandated changes to make WIC consistent with obesity prevention recommendations. Statewide electronic records for all 3.5 million children