These web sites include information that Illinois WIC uses to guide the development of our nutrition education resources.
Choose My Plate (https://www.choosemyplate.gov/): The most current USDA nutrition recommendations, message and tools.
WIC Works Resource System (wicworks.fns.usda.gov): The WIC Works Resource System is an online education and training center for staff of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC).
- Infant Nutrition and Feeding: A Guide for Use in the WIC and CSF Programs
Kids Eat Right (eatright.org/kids) scientifically-based health and nutrition information backed by the expertise of nutrition professionals (initiative through the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics).
Ellyn Satter Associates (https://www.ellynsatterinstitute.org): books teaching and training materials on feeding a healthy family, including the division of responsibility in feeding children.
Health Search Engines
- Medlineplus: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
- Healthfinder: www.healthfinder.gov
Eat Move Save web site: https://eat-move-save.extension.illinois.edu/: Provides recipes and was to save money
Need help? Contact your Regional Nutritionist Consultant for more information or call the Central Office at 217.782.2166