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US panel recommends more fruits & veg for women

A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine proposes updated revisions to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) which recommends women eat more vegetables and fruits to better align with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and to further promote breastfeeding in the country.

In total, the report recommended changes to diets including adding fish; increasing the amount of whole grains; and increasing vegetables and fruits as a trade-off for decreasing juice, milk, legumes, peanut butter, infant vegetables and fruits, and infant meats.

It also recommended allowing women to receive the quantity of formula needed to support any level of breast-feeding. The proposed changes will save approximately $220 million programwide from 2018 to 2022.

source: medicalxpress.com

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