The WIC Program: Economic Research on Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Issues, 2009

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The WIC Program: Background, Trends, and Economic Issues, 2009 Edition

WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children)

•	Hanson, Kenneth and Victor Oliveira. Economic Linkages Between the WIC Program and the Farm Sector. (March 2009)
•	VerPloeg, Michele. WIC and the Battle Against Childhood Overweight. (March 2009)
•	Tiehen, Laura. “Why Wait? Examining Delayed WIC Participation Among Pregnant Women.” (October 2008) Contact Laura Tiehen for a reprint.

Child Nutrition Programs

•	Gleason, Phillip, Ronette Briefel, Ander Wilson, and Allison Hedley Dodd. ERS Project Representative: Katherine Ralston. School Meal Program Participation and Its Association with Dietary Patterns and Childhood Obesity. (July 2009)
•	Bartfeld, Judi, Myoung Kim, Jeong Hee Ryu, and Hong-Min Ahn. ERS Project Representative: Katherine Ralston. The School Breakfast Program: Participation and Impacts. (July 2009)
•	Moore, Quinn, Lara Hulsey, and Michael Ponza. ERS Project Representative: Constance Newman. Factors Associated With School Meal Participation and the Relationship Between Different Participation Measures. (June 2009)
•	Ralston, Katherine, Constance Newman, Annette Clauson, Joanne Guthrie, and Jean Buzby. The National School Lunch Program: Background, Trends, and Issues. (July 2008)
•	Mancino, Lisa and Joanne Guthrie. “When Nudging in the Lunch Line Might be a Good Thing,” Amber Waves. (March 2009)
•	Newman, Constance, Katherine Ralston, and Annette Clauson. “Balancing Nutrition, Participation, and Cost in the National School Lunch Program,” Amber Waves. (September 2008)