Question

A high-quality, cost-effective healthcare and nutrition services program that provides women who are pregnant, breastfeeding, or have children ages 0 to 5 years is ________.

Answer 1

The WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) program

Explanation:

The WIC program is a specialized supplemental nutritional program specially designed for women, infants, and children (0-5 years).

This is a program sponsored by the Food and Nutrition Service and the United States Department of Agriculture of the US Federal government which provides federal grants or assistance to the states to provide supplemental nutritional foods, nutrition education and awareness, healthcare referral and other healthcare needs pregnant and lactating (both breastfeeding and non-breastfeeding) women and for infants and young children with malnutrition who belong to the low-income group.

This helps them to avail healthy nutritious food within their affordability.