WIC clinics – AZ Dept. of Health Services Director's Blog

WIC Provides a Community of Support

By Cara Christ|2017-02-14T08:49:33-07:00February 14th, 2017|Prevention|

The supplemental nutrition program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is the nation’s most successful and cost-effective public health nutrition program. The Arizona WIC Program provides free healthy foods, nutrition education, breastfeeding services, and community referrals for income-eligible women who are pregnant or postpartum, infants, and children up to five years old. WIC connects moms [...]

Milk Research & Policy Change Cuts 7B Calories a Year in AZ

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:51:16-07:00February 24th, 2012|General|

Congrats to our Women Infant & Children’s program who did some research and implemented some simple policy changes that reduced the consumption of 7 Billion calories annually in AZ. How? After we did a little research, we came up with a way to change our WIC policy... convincing people to replace whole milk with 1% or fat free milk (for [...]