Review of WIC Food Packages: An Evaluation of White Potatoes in the Cash Value Voucher: Letter Report (2015)
Chapter: Appendix K: Healthy Eating Index 2010 Assessment
TABLE K-1 Healthy Eating Index-2010 Based on NHANES 2007–2010
| HEI-2010 Component | Maximum Score | Children Participating in WIC (n = 405) | Children Not Participating in WIC (n = 374) | |||||
| Mean | Percent of Maximum Score | Mean | ||||||
| Total Vegetablea | 5 | 2.14 | 43 | 2.13 | ||||
| Greens and Beansa | 5 | 0.35 | 7 | 0.39 | ||||
| Total Fruitb | 5 | 3.85 | 77 | 3.53 | ||||
| Whole Fruitc | 5 | 2.75 | 55 | 2.84 | ||||
| Whole Grains | 10 | 2.20 | 22 | 2.61 | ||||
| Dairyd | 10 | 8.54 | 85 | 8.33 | ||||
| Total Protein Foodse | 5 | 3.98 | 80 | 4.02 | ||||
| Seafood and Plant Proteinse,f | 5 | 1.81 | 36 | 2.03 | ||||
| Fatty Acidg | 10 | 2.92 | 29 | 2.87 | ||||
| Sodium | 10 | 5.84 | 58 | 5.34 | ||||
| Refined Grains | 10 | 5.94 | 59 | 5.46 | ||||
| Empty Caloriesh | 20 | 12.31 | 62 | 10.75 | ||||
| HEI-2010 Total Diet | 100 | 52.62 | 53 | 50.31 | ||||
NOTE: HEI = Healthy Eating Index.
a Includes any beans and peas not counted as Total Protein Foods.
b Includes 100% fruit juice.
c Includes all forms except juice.
d Includes all milk products, such as fluid milk, yogurt, and cheese, and fortified soy beverages.
e Beans and peas are included here (and not with vegetables) when the Total Protein Foods standard is otherwise not met.
| Women Participating in WIC (n = 96) | Women Not Participating in WIC, Eligible (n = 51) | Women Ineligible for WIC (n = 1,379) | ||||||
| Mean | Percent of Maximum Score | Mean | Mean | |||||
| 2.57 | 51 | 3.06 | 2.93 | |||||
| 0.57 | 11 | 0.89 | 0.77 | |||||
| 2.38 | 48 | 2.36 | 2.10 | |||||
| 2.19 | 44 | 2.12 | 2.20 | |||||
| 1.96 | 20 | 1.62 | 2.09 | |||||
| 6.03 | 60 | 6.12 | 5.53 | |||||
| 4.40 | 88 | 4.38 | 4.33 | |||||
| 2.09 | 42 | 2.06 | 2.35 | |||||
| 4.17 | 42 | 4.72 | 4.72 | |||||
| 4.22 | 42 | 4.93 | 4.55 | |||||
| 4.91 | 49 | 4.49 | 5.65 | |||||
| 11.08 | 55 | 10.12 | 10.87 | |||||
| 46.58 | 47 | 46.88 | 48.07 | |||||
f Includes seafood, nuts, seeds, soy products (other than beverages) as well as beans and peas counted as Total Protein Foods.
g Ratio of poly- and monounsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs and MUFAs) to saturated fatty acids (SFAs).
h Calories from solid fats, alcohol, and added sugars; threshold for counting alcohol is more than 13 grams/1,000 kcal. See additional notes for Tables K-1 and K-2 following Table K-2.
TABLE K-2 Healthy Eating Index-2010: Total Distributions for Children and Women
| Population Subgroup | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
| Children participating in WIC (n = 405) | 43.02 | 47.95 | 53.27 | 58.41 | 62.88 |
| Children not participating in WIC (n = 374) | 40.02 | 44.84 | 50.09 | 55.32 | 60.08 |
| Women participating in WIC (n = 96) | 35.57 | 40.06 | 45.41 | 51.17 | 56.69 |
| Women not participating in WIC (n = 51) | 31.07 | 38.42 | 47.17 | 55.49 | 61.77 |
| Women ineligible for WIC (n = 1,379) | 34.70 | 39.67 | 45.56 | 51.78 | 57.61 |
NOTE: See notes for Tables K-1 and K-2 following this table.
NOTES FOR TABLES K-1 AND K-2: All groups are ≤ 185 percent of the poverty-income ratio. Analysis sample was data for children 2–4.9 years of age and women 19–50 years of age.
DATA SOURCES FOR TABLES K-1 AND K-2: 2007–2010 NHANES (USDA/ARS, 2007–2010) analyzed using criteria outlined in Guenther et al., 2013.
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