Review of WIC Food Packages

116 Pages·2015·1.19 MB·English

Committee to Review WIC Food Packages

Food and Nutrition Board

Kathleen M. Rasmussen, Marie E. Latulippe, and Ann L. Yaktine, Editors
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COMMITTEE TO REVIEW WIC FOOD PACKAGES

KATHLEEN M. RASMUSSEN (Chair), Professor of Nutrition, Division
of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University
GAIL G. HARRISON (Vice Chair), Professor Emeritus, Department of
Community Health Sciences, Center for Health Sciences, University of
California, Los Angeles
SUSAN S. BAKER, Professor and Co-Chief, Digestive Diseases and
Nutrition Center, Department of Pediatrics, Women and Children’s
Hospital of Buffalo
MARIANNE P. BITLER, Professor, Department of Economics, University
of California, Irvine
PATSY M. BRANNON, Professor, Division of Nutritional Sciences,
Cornell University
ALICIA L. CARRIQUIRY, Professor of Statistics, Iowa State University
DAVID E. DAVIS, Professor, Department of Economics, South Dakota
State University
MARY KAY FOX, Senior Fellow, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
TAMERA J. HATFIELD, Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Division of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, University of California,
Irvine
HELEN H. JENSEN, Professor of Economics and Head, Food and

Nutrition Policy Division of CARD, Iowa State University

RACHEL K. JOHNSON, Robert L. Bickford, Jr., Green and Gold

Professor of Nutrition, Professor of Medicine, University of Vermont
ANGELA ODOMS-YOUNG, Assistant Professor, Department of
Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago
A. CATHARINE ROSS, Professor of Nutrition, Dorothy Foehr Huck
Chair, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Pennsylvania State
University
CHARLENE RUSSELL-TUCKER, Chief Operating Offcer, Connecticut
Department of Education
SHANNON E. WHALEY, Director of Research and Evaluation, Public
Health Foundation Enterprises WIC Program
Consultants
MEI CHUNG, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health
and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Tufts University
SUZANNE P. MURPHY, Researcher (Professor) Emeritus, University of
Hawaii Cancer Center
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IOM Staff
MARIE E. LATULIPPE, Study Director
BERNICE CHU, Research Associate
AMBAR SAEED, Senior Program Assistant
ANN L. YAKTINE, Director, Food and Nutrition Board
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Reviewers

This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen
for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with
procedures approved by the National Research Council’s Report Review
Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid
and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published
report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional
standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge.
The review comments and draft manuscript remain confdential to protect
the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the following
individuals for their review of this report:
CHERYL A. M. ANDERSON, University of California, San Diego
RONNETTE BRIEFEL, Mathematica Policy Research
JOHANNA T. DWYER, Tufts Medical Center
KAREN GLANZ, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of
Medicine
PHILIP GLEASON, Mathematica Policy Research
LUCIA L. KAISER, University of California, Davis
RONALD E. KLEINMAN, Massachusetts General Hospital
DENISE M. NEY, University of Wisconsin–Madison
THERESA A. NICKLAS, Baylor College of Medicine
PATRICIA O. RACE, New York State Department of Health
JOANNE L. SLAVIN, University of Minnesota
PARKE E. WILDE, Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition
Science and Policy
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viii REVIEWERS
Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive
comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the conclusions
or recommendations nor did they see the fnal draft of the report before its
release. The review of this report was overseen by John W. Erdman, Jr., Uni­
versity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Elena O. Nightingale, Retired
Scholar, Institute of Medicine. Appointed by the National Research Council
and the Institute of Medicine, they were responsible for making certain that
an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance
with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully
considered. Responsibility for the fnal content of this report rests entirely
with the authoring committee and the institution.
Contents

SUMMARY 1

THE COMMITTEE’S TASK AND APPROACH 6

RESULTS, FINDINGS, AND CONCLUSIONS 13

RECOMMENDATIONS 29

TABLES 32

REFERENCES 36

APPENDIXES

A Acronyms and Abbreviations 39

B Statement of Task 41

C Workshop Agendas 43

D Literature Search Strategy 47

E Dietary Reference Intakes 51

F Description of Sensitivity Analysis Scenarios 55

G Food Group and Subgroup Intakes 57

H Nutrient Intakes 63

I Nutrient Profles 71

J Food Group Distributions 75

K Healthy Eating Index 2010 Assessment 83

L Background Example Data for Sensitivity Analysis 87

M Committee Biosketches 99

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