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Description:: WIC saves lives and improves the health of nutritionally at-risk women, infants and children. Studies have shown that, since its inception in 1974, WIC is one of the nation’s most successful and cost-effective nutrition intervention programs. The following highlights some of the program’s benefits: improved birth outcomes, including fewer premature births, fewer infant deaths and savings in health care costs; improved diet and diet-related outcomes; improved infant feeding practices; improved immunization rates and regular source of medical care; improved cognitive development and children’s school-readiness; improved pre-conception nutritional status; improved growth of nutritionally at-risk infants and children; decreased incidence of iron deficiency anemia in children