A study of 11 million low-income moms using WIC showed their babies were 33% less likely to die in their first year of life than babies whose mothers weren’t on the program.
The study, published in the Journal of American Medicine, followed more than 11 million women who gave birth between 2011 and 2017. Some of them received benefits from the federal government’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, also known as WIC. Others didn’t. WIC provides food vouchers for items that are nutritious and high in protein and iron, like dairy products.
The study showed that children of women who used WIC benefits were 33% less likely to die in their first year of life than children of women who were not a part of WIC. “The study shows that WIC works,” said Dr. Samir Soneji, an associate professor at the University of North Carolina’s Gillings School of Global Health and one of the study’s authors. But still, Soneji added, “All safety net programs are being scrutinized under a magnifying glass. There is a legitimate question as to the benefit of WIC.”one of the highest infant mortality ratesWIC provides benefits to moms who are low-income or otherwise “found to be at nutritional risk.
Even while SNAP is seeing so much scrutiny and facing new restrictions, there still seems to be solid, bipartisan support for WIC, even before this study was released. Angela Rachidi, a research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a public policy organization that supports restrictions on SNAP benefits,“This is generally a good study and is suggestive of the positive benefits of WIC,” she said. “I do think WIC enjoys bipartisan support, it has integrity. Public money from WIC is being spent on nutritious food, and the food bought with SNAP isn’t always considered healthy.
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