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Changes in Access to Healthy Foods after Implementation of the WIC Food Package Revisions

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  • Andreyeva, Tatiana
  • Luedicke, Joerg
  • Middleton, Ann E.
  • Long, Michael W.
  • Schwartz, Marlene B.

Abstract

Recent revisions to the food packages provided by the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) added healthy foods and required WIC-authorized stores to make these foods available. This study examined the availability, variety, and prices of healthy foods before and after implementation of the food package revisions in 252 convenience and nonchain grocery stores in Connecticut. The findings provide strong evidence that stores responded to the food package revisions by improving the availability and variety of healthy foods in both urban and suburban settings. Most of these improvements occurred in WIC-authorized convenience and grocery stores, especially those in low-income neighborhoods. Some positive changes in the availability of whole-grain products were also observed in non-WIC convenience and grocery stores. The policy change, which targets WIC participants, improved access to healthy foods for both WIC and non-WIC consumers.

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  • Andreyeva, Tatiana & Luedicke, Joerg & Middleton, Ann E. & Long, Michael W. & Schwartz, Marlene B., 2011. "Changes in Access to Healthy Foods after Implementation of the WIC Food Package Revisions," Contractor and Cooperator Reports 292086, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uerscc:292086
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.292086
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    1. Danna Ethan & Corey H. Basch & Sonali Rajan & Lalitha Samuel & Rodney N. Hammond, 2013. "A Comparison of the Nutritional Quality of Food Products Advertised in Grocery Store Circulars of High- versus Low-Income New York City Zip Codes," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 11(1), pages 1-11, December.
    2. Stephanie B. Jilcott Pitts & Qiang Wu & Kimberly P. Truesdale & Lindsey Haynes-Maslow & Jared T. McGuirt & Alice Ammerman & Ronny Bell & Melissa N. Laska, 2018. "One-Year Follow-Up Examination of the Impact of the North Carolina Healthy Food Small Retailer Program on Healthy Food Availability, Purchases, and Consumption," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(12), pages 1-10, November.
    3. Steele, Marie E. & Weatherspoon, Dave D., 2017. "A Theoretical Approach to Supermarket Chain Investment in Urban Food Deserts," 2017 Annual Meeting, July 30-August 1, Chicago, Illinois 258202, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.

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