Fifteen lettuce and bagged salad shippers were interviewed as part of a larger study on changes in produce marketing …

Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and its infant formula rebate program. Special attention is given to … the rebate program's sole-source procurement system by which a single manufacturer becomes a State's "contract brand …"-the State's one supplier of formula to WIC infants-in exchange for paying rebates to WIC. When a manufacturer's brand is …

In 2000, 8.8 million children received food stamps, making the Food Stamp Program a crucial component of the social … safety net. Despite its importance, little research has examined the effect of food stamps on children's overall well …

among children. Over one in five young children, ages 2 to 5, are at risk of being overweight. The number of children at … risk of being overweight has grown in the past two decades, as has the number of young children whose families participate … in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Are these increases connected? The …

Eighty-four percent of U.S. households with children were food secure throughout 2007, meaning that they had consistent … access to adequate food for active, healthy lives for all household members. Nearly 16 percent of households with children … were food insecure sometime during the year, including 8.3 percent in which children were food insecure and 0.8 percent in …

Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) more than variations in WIC caseload composition do. In …

The WIC program offers supplemental foods to low-income women, infants, and children. This study compared consumption … patterns of WIC children with those of three different comparison groups: eligible nonparticipating children living in non …-WIC households, eligible nonparticipating children living in WIC households, and children living in households whose income is too …