Vitamins and Minerals
WIC Foods
Policies and Procedures
Miscellaneous
Children 1-5
100
Oranges, Grapefruits, Strawberries, Broccoli and Peppers.
What is good sources of Vitamin C?
100
These foods found on WIC checks are good sources of protein.
What is dry beans/canned beans, peanut butter, eggs, canned fish.
100
When you schedule height and weight at 5-7 months.
What is a mid-certification appointment?
100
Under a new guideline this international organization is challenging you to eat no more than 6 teaspoons of sugar per day, or about 5% of daily calorie intake of a normal BMI adult.
What is WHO or World Health Organization?
100
Sarah is a 2 year old being newly Certified on WIC today, mom is requesting whole milk. You advise mom that Sarah must be receiving a ___________ or ___________ formula in order to be issued whole milk.
What is a "special" or "therapeutic" formula?
200
A mineral important for red blood cell formation.
What is Iron?
200
Gary Hanagan Farms.
What is the only Farmers market accepting WIC fruits and vegetables checks?
200
This client can only receive checks twice in a six month period.
What is a proxy?
200
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been in the news recently due to sending Russian troops into Crimea. Crimea is a region _____________, a country that was formerly a member of the Soviet Union.
What is Ukraine?
200
Jordan is 30 months old and his mom tells you at an FI appoinment that she is concerned that he does not get enough protein because he does not like beef, chicken or fish. You suggest ______________ and ______________ as alternative sources of protein.
What is peanut butter, dried beans and/or peas, or eggs?
300
Deficiency of this mineral can cause thyroid problems and birth defects.
What is Iodine?
300
A WIC participant buys $11.00 worth of fruits and vegetables.
What is pay the difference?
300
This should be rechecked after 3-4 months if severely low.
What is hemoglobin?
300
The 86th Academy Awards took place on March 2, 2014. The winner for the category of “Best Picture” was the film, 12 Years a Slave. Winners are awarded a statuette officially called the Academy Award of Merit, that is much better known by its nickname ___________.
What is Oscar?
300
Children ages 1-5 need at least _________ vegetables and fruits each day?
What is 1.5 cups each?
400
Bleeding gums, infections, anemia, fatigue, bruising, scurvy.
What is signs of Vitamin C deficiency?
400
Beans, dark leafy greens, oranges, broccoli, asparagus.
What are WIC foods that naturally contain folic acid?
400
A choice form that needs to be filled out at every certification and recertification appointment.
What is Voters Registration Choice Form?
400
Socrates was a classical Greek philosopher who lived from ~ 470-399 BC. He is credited as one of the founders of Western Philosophy. Some of his quotes you may recognize include: “Every action has its pleasures and its price.” “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” “When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.” “There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.” “The mind is everything; what you think you become” “Be true to thine own self” “It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.” His famous student is accredited with the following quotes: “Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder” “Necessity is the mother of invention.” “People are like dirt. They can either nourish you, and help you grow as a person, or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.” “The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.” “Ideas are the source of all things” “Knowledge is the food of the soul.” This student and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the western world, was named __________?
What is Plato?
400
True or False? Juice can be a nutritious beverage and caregivers should offer at least 8 ounces daily.
What is False-children should be offered no more than 4-6 ounces of juice daily.
500
Vitamin found in leafy greens that helps prevent Spina Bifida.
What is Folic Acid?
500
These WIC foods contain cholesterol on a pregnancy food package.
What are eggs, milk, cheese?
500
The GI Bill is included in this.
What is income?
500
Residents of Colorado Springs may be the envy of Midwesterners and East Coasters because we enjoy abundant sunshine with an average of over 300 days of sun per year. The city has a semi-arid climate, and its location east of the Rocky Mountains affords it the rapid warming influence from _________ ______ during winter and also subjects it to the drastic day-to-day variability in weather conditions.
What is Chinook Winds?
500
Grazing can become a habit for many children. It can lead to misuse of food (such as entertainment when bored or distraction when upset) and can prevent children from learning their internal cues for hunger and fullness. We are raising a generation of nibblers, in fact, it is documented that some children eat up to 14 times per day. To reduce grazing WIC recommends that meals and snacks be ___________.
What is planned?
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