![]() WIC promotes breastfeeding and offers support to families who so choose to breastfeed their babies. Studies about WIC show that WIC lowers Medicaid costs, contributes to longer gestation periods, higher birthweights and lower infant mortality. Children who eat WIC foods eat diets richer in iron and Vitamin C. Infants born to WIC moms weigh more and grow better. WIC helps women eat better and deliver healthier babies. Persons who believe they have been discriminated against because of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability should write to the Secretary of Agriculture, USDA, Washington, DC 20250. ![]() WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children) is a federally funded program which provides nutritious foods, health screening, nutrition counseling and referrals to eligible pregnant women, postpartum women, breastfeeding women, infants, and children up to age five.
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