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Monday, August 3, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) announced they will have a greater number of healthy food choices and make them more accessible for low-income families.
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49 News KTKA.com (Topeka, KS)
Bethany Smith
August 4, 2009
Participants in a statewide nutrition are going to have an easier time finding healthy food choices.
Monday, August 3, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) announced they will have a greater number of healthy food choices and make them more accessible for low-income families.
The new foods are lower in fat, higher in fiber and helps families meet the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Dietary Guidelines. They include whole grain cereals, breads, buns, baby foods and fresh foot and vegetables. Eggs, milk and juice will also be accessible in quantities that meet dietary recommendations.
“These changes represent a continuing investment in our children’s health,” said Dr. Jason Eberhart-Phillips, State Health Officer and Director of Health at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), which oversees the WIC program.
The Kansas WIC program supports over 77,000 participants. It is federally-funded to help battle childhood hunger, low birth weight, under-nutrition and anemia.
This is part of a nationwide implementation and the changes will occur October 1.
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