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This book reviews the scientific basis for nutrition risk criteria used to establish eligibility for participation in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). The volume also examines the specific segments of the WIC population at risk for each criterion, identifies gaps in the scientific knowledge base, formulates recommendations regarding appropriate criteria, and where applicable, recommends values for determining who is at risk for each criterion. Recommendations for program action and research are made to strengthen the validity of nutrition risk criteria used in the WIC program.
Reports the results of eight years of research on the functional significance of maternal undernutrition for pre- and postnatal infant growth. Provides an overview of the study design, procedures and methodology and the characteristics of the study area. Covers such topics as nutrition during pregnancy and fetal growth; maternal nutrition during lactation; chronic undernutrition among women of reproductive age; infant and child mortality; infant nutrition and growth; concepts about infant health, growth and weaning; growth and malnutrition in early childhood; effect of prenatal energy supplementation on postnatal growth; child morbidity, food intake and growth; etc.