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Nutrition Information

WIC provides nutrition information and counseling by WIC professionals. During WIC visits specific needs of the participants are identified. Counseling is individualized to address these needs.

Below are links to some of the materials available through the Wisconsin WIC program.  For more information on prenatal, infant, and child nutrition, contact your local WIC office.

Some of the following  files are in PDF format.  Click here  for information on installing Acrobat Reader to view, navigate, or print PDF files.
 

Pregnancy Nutrition

  • Eating Right! Feeling Good!

  • Gaining the Right Amount of Weight

  • Snack Attack

  • Eating for Healthy Blood: Getting Enough Iron

  • Eating for Strong Bones: Getting Enough Calcium

  • Morning Sickness

  • Constipation

  • Indigestion and Heartburn

http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/WIC/cards/pregnancy

Nutrition for Infants

  • Helpful Hints for Parents of Newborns

  • Bottle Feeding Basics

  • Adding Solid Foods

  • Starting Spoon Feedings

  • Feeding Your 6-8 Month Baby

  • Teaching Baby to Use a Cup

  • Feeding Your 8-10 Month Baby

  • Feeding Your 10-12 Month Baby

  • Keeping Baby's Teeth Beautiful

  • Weaning from the Bottle

  • Making Baby Food

  • Baby Food Recipes

http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/WIC/cards/baby

Nutrition for Children

  • Feeding Your One-Year-Old

  • Feeding Your 18-Month-Old

  • Feeding Your Two-Year-Old

  • Feeding Your Three-Year-Old

  • Feeding Your Four-Year-Old

  • Snacks

  • How to Cope with Your Picky Eater

  • When Your Child Refuses to Eat

  • Iron for Your Child

  • Calcium for Your Child

  • Help Your Child Grow

  • Help Your Child Grow Slimmer

  • Preventing Childhood Lead Poisoning

  • Fluoride and Drinking Water

http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/WIC/cards/child

Nutrition for Women's Health
  • DASH to Lower Blood Pressure
  • Doing Something About That Extra Weight
  • Eating for Strong Bones
  • Getting Enough Iron for Healthy Blood
  • Good Things Happen When You're Physically Active
  • Handling Stress...Nutrition Tips
  • The Latest Diet: Is it for You?
  • Type 2 Diabetes: What Do I Need to Know?

http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/womenshealth

Fruit and Vegetable Information and Recipes

  • It's a Veggie Cookbook

  • Grilled Vegetables

  • Stir Frying

  • Lettuce

  • Herbs

http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/WIC/cards/fmnp

 
For Health Professionals:
  • Infant Feeding for Full-Term Infants
  • Calcium Recommendations for Children and Adolescents
  • Folate and the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects
  • Gestational Diabetes
  • Nutrition Services for Children with Special Health Care Needs
  • Reimbursement of Nutrition Services for Children with Special Health Care Needs
  • Vitamin and Mineral Supplements for Medicaid Recipients
  • Prevention of Rickets and Vitamin D Deficiency in Infants

http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/WIC/WICPRO/Nutrition/nutrition_fact_sheets

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This page was last revised on 09/14/2007