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Appendix E: Excerpts from Comments Received on the Institute of Medicine's Website for the Workshop to Plan a Research Agenda for WIC
Pages 153-158

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From page 153...
... Department of Agriculture for its consideration. TOP RESEARCH PRIORITIES Commenters A and B Identical but separate suggestions from Laurie Kaiser and Laurie True of the California WIC Association: 1.
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From page 154...
... 2. Conduct detailed dietary surveys to determine which WIC foods are actually consumed by the target individuals, and conduct lon gitudinal studies to determine if nutritional risk factors decrease over time on WIC because of the consumption of WIC foods.
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From page 155...
... the development of standardized questions on WIC participation, breastfeeding, eating behaviors, and other outcomes measures; (2) the devel opment of supplemental WIC modules to be included in state and national surveys; and (3)
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From page 156...
... The three priorities for a WIC research agenda that are listed below assume that USDA can assist states to successfully develop and implement poli cies of collaborative data sharing, and they address the most common nutrition-related problems (overweight and obesity) that are amenable to prevention within the WIC program.
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From page 157...
... Commenter H Jennifer McGuire, M.S., R.D., Manager, Nutrition Communication, National Fisheries Institute: Research: "to better understand how best to increase the consumption of seafood, the only natural source of essential omega-3s, in the diets of WIC participants for the best possible pregnancy outcomes for both mother and child." Studies Cited in Support of This Suggestion Appear Below Choiniere, C
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... The point of a research agenda is to identify research topics of interest, conduct the analysis, and let the results provide the answer, not to dismiss a set of results before doing the analysis. In summary, given the objectives of the WIC program to address the critical development periods of pregnancy, infancy, and early childhood, a research agenda should include questions related to the effects of prenatal WIC participation on birth outcomes.
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