Infant Feeding Decision-Making Control of Working Mothers in Urban Nigeria

sex, race, ethnicity, and household income.Results: Of the 278 children, 240 were enrolled in WIC and 38 were not.Most common reasons for non-participation in WIC were poor in-store retail experiences (e.g., stigma, complicated processes) and transportation barriers.Compared to WIC children, non-WIC children consumed fruits 4.7 (95%CI: -8.1,-1.3)times less (p0.007) and vegetables 3.8 (95%CI: -6.6,-9.3)times less in a week (p0.010).However, average mean intake on a given day was not significantly different [e.g., -0.7 (95%CI: -1.7,0.3)less cup-equivalents of fruit, p0.131].Children not enrolled in WIC consumed diets that scored 3.3 (95%CI: -5.8,-0.9;p0.009) points lower in rPDQS-Kids total diet quality score relative to children enrolled in WIC.Conclusions: Two years after the CVB increase was made permanent in Massachusetts, non-enrollment in WIC was associated with less frequent fruit and vegetable consumption and lower total diet quality.Removing barriers to WIC enrollment may improve children's diets.