Has the WIC Incentive to Formula-Feed Led to an Increase in Overweight Children?

Donald Rose, J. Nicholas Bodor, Mariana Chilton
2006 Journal of Nutrition  
We explored the relationship between the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and overweight status in children, with a focus on WIC's provision of infant formula, through secondary analyses and review of existing literature. Because of the complexity involved and the lack of previous research on the combined link between WIC, breast-feeding, and overweight status, we considered evidence for each of these relations separately.
doi:10.1093/jn/136.4.1086 pmid:16549484 fatcat:qwwa4uvg25aajmuxyjxcljn2g4