Impact of the revised special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC) food package policy on fruit and vegetable prices

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 288-296

  Zenk, Shannon N ^a   Powell, Lisa M ^a   Odoms Young, Angela M ^a   Krauss, Ramona ^a   Fitzgibbon, Marian L ^b   Block, Daniel ^c   Campbell, Richard T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food assistance; Food environment; Food policy; Food prices; Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD ASSISTANCE; FOOD ENVIRONMENT; FOOD FREEZING; FOOD POLICY; FOOD PRESERVATION; FOOD PRICES; FRUIT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; OBESITY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC); UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

FOOD ASSISTANCE; FOOD ENVIRONMENT; FOOD POLICY; FOOD PRICES; SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC);

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMERCE; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD ASSISTANCE; FOOD, PRESERVED; FROZEN FOODS; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INFANT; NUTRITION POLICY; OBESITY; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; VEGETABLES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84892500401     PISSN: 22122672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2013.08.003     Document Type: Article

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