For 50 years, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) has been a vital pillar of public health in the United States, supporting millions of nutritionally at-risk mothers, infants and children. Right now, the program reaches about 6.7 million mothers and children each month.
As the nation’s first "Food as Medicine" program, WIC has a proven track record of improving pregnancy outcomes, increasing breastfeeding rates and enhancing child nutrition. However, as WIC celebrates its half-century of success, the organization is also looking to evolve and address modern challenges, including conservative lawmakers becoming increasingly intent on cutting the funding of federal nutrition programs.
