Why does the West Virginia WIC Program not allow reduced fat milk for WIC participants until two years of age?
The West Virginia WIC Program food packages for children age 12 to 23 months only offer whole milk. Per recommendations of the Expert Panel on Blood Cholesterol Levels in Children and Adolescents (National Cholesterol Education Program/NIH), The American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Nutrition, and The American Heart Association Nutrition Committee, fat and cholesterol should not be restricted during the first two years of life (AAP, Pediatric Nutrition Handbook, 1993, page 44; NIH, Report of the Expert panel on Blood Cholesterol Levels in Children and Adolescents, 1991, page 1). Please contact the Nutrition Education Coordinator for the West Virginia WIC Program at 304-558-0030 with any questions.
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