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The role of income and neighbourhood poverty in the association between the 2009 Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) food package change and child obesity among WIC-participating children in Los Angeles County, 2003-2016.

M Pia ChaparroShannon E WhaleyChristopher E AndersonMay C WangCatherine M Crespi
Published in: Public health nutrition (2020)
The WIC food package revisions were associated with reduced childhood obesity risk among all WIC-participating families in Los Angeles County, across levels of income eligibility and neighbourhood poverty.
Keyphrases
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