The effect of participation in the WIC program on preschoolers' diets

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 229-234

  Siega Riz, Anna Maria ^a   Kranz, Sibylle ^b   Blanchette, Dan ^b   Haines, Pamela S ^b   Guilkey, David K ^b   Popkin, Barry M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals; CSFII; Metropolitan Statistical Area; MSA; Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children; United States Department of Agriculture; USDA; WIC

Indexed keywords

IRON; SUGAR;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HEREDITARY FRUCTOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; MALE; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; CALORIC INTAKE; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD NUTRITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; IRON INTAKE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542317610     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2003.10.052     Document Type: Article

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