A new CHOICES study that determines the cost-effectiveness of changes to WIC’s nutrition standards in 2009 for preventing obesity and to estimate impacts on socioeconomic and racial/ethnic inequities was published today in Pediatrics
Cost-effectiveness of Improved WIC Food Package for Preventing Childhood Obesity.
Kenney EL, Lee MM, Barrett JL, Ward ZJ, Long MW, Cradock AL, Williams DR, Gortmaker SL. Pediatrics. 2024 Jan;153. doi: 10.1542/peds.2023-063182.
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