Nutrition Through The Life Cycle
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Author: Brown, Judith E.
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Chapter 2, Problem 27RQ
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To examine: Whether the statement “Women who received WIC services from one pregnancy through to a subsequent pregnancy appear to gain more weight during the subsequent pregnancy than do women who receive WIC benefits during pregnancy only” is true or false.
Introduction: Women, Infants, and children (WIC) program is the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children. It provides supplemental foods, free health care assessment, and nutrition education to low income pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five who are at the nutritional risk.
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