Has the WIC incentive to formula-feed led to an increase in overweight children?

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1086-1090

  Rose, Donald ^a   Bodor, J Nicholas ^a   Chilton, Mariana ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BF; Breast feed; Food package cost; Overweight; WIC; Women, infants, and children

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; OBESITY;

EID: 33645522405     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/136.4.1086     Document Type: Conference Paper

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