October 5, 2023
2 in 5 US babies benefit from the WIC nutrition program
Noura Insolera wrote a piece for The Conversation about the impact of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC).
At its peak, in 2010, the program was helping feed over half of the babies born that year. Participation in the program subsequently declined. About 2 in 5 of the 3.7 million babies born in the U.S. in 2022 benefited from WIC.