Heather Hartline-Grafton of the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC)* published a research brief last week summarizing the impact of changes to the WIC food packages. The brief provides a quick and accessible introduction to how WIC works, details changes to what foods are now available in retail stores, and outlines the relationship between these changes and participants’ nutritional intake.

WIC (short for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children) is a federally-funded program designed to improve nutrition and alleviate hunger among lower-income children and their pregnant or postpartum moms. Continue reading