With less children being considered nutritional risks and being unable to qualify could point to healthier trends among the current generation of families bringing in a higher income per household. | Stock Photo
With less children being considered nutritional risks and being unable to qualify could point to healthier trends among the current generation of families bringing in a higher income per household. | Stock Photo
A report produced by the U.S. Food and Nutrition Service reveals that the percentage of North Carolina citizens receiving federal Nutritional benefits has dropped by 16.7% over the last 5 years.
The Center Square reports in fiscal year 2015, there were 248,860 participants in the state. In fiscal year 2019, the number was 207,351.
The Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program of nutritional benefits is for children and infants up to 5 years of age, pregnant women and breast-feeding mothers and is applicable for individuals who are termed to be at a nutritional risk and whose families earn less than the 185% of the United States’ poverty limit.
Nutritional risks include diseases like anemia and malnutrition as well as malnourished or underweight individuals. Across the states, the overall participation in the Women, Infants and Children program of Nutritional benefits declined by 20%, with Wyoming leading by 27.6% decline.
This decline in WIC participation does not necessarily mean something negative is going on. With less children being considered nutritional risks and being unable to qualify could point to healthier trends among the current generation of families bringing in a higher income per household.
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