The changes significantly increase the amount and variety of fruits and vegetables expand whole grain options to include foods like quinoa, teff, wild rice, millet, corn meal, and whole-wheat naan and add more nondairy substitution options for cow’s milk, such as soy-based cheese and oat milk yogurt. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is proposing to make permanent changes implemented temporarily as a part of the American Rescue Plan, or the COVID-19 stimulus package. ![]() ![]() 21, anyone concerned about the women and children served by this program can comment in support of these proposed changes.īacked by the latest research, the U.S. In particular, giving families greater access to vegetables, whole grains, and fruits will improve the health status of women and children, and, ultimately, help address diet-related diseases that often plague the very families WIC supports. ![]() As a mother, a registered dietitian, and someone with experience implementing our federal Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) in Newport, I wholeheartedly support some of the recently announced proposed changes to the WIC food allotments.
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