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WIC Nutrition Risk Criteria

System Assigned (SA); System or CPA Assigned (SA/CPA); CPA Assigned (CPA); Automatic High Risk* (HR) Code Category [Priority] Risk Criteria/Definition Required Documentation 22

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Routinely using feeding practices that disregard the developmental needs or stages of the child: • Inability to recognize, insensitivity to, or disregarding the child’s cues for hunger and satiety (e.g., forcing a child to eat a certain type and/or amount of food or beverage or ignoring a hungry child’s requests for appropriate foods). • Feeding foods of inappropriate consistency, size, or shape that put children at risk of choking. • Not supporting a child’s need for growing independence with self-feeding (e.g., solely spoon feeding a child who is able and ready to finger-feed and/or try self-feeding with appropriate utensils). • Feeding a child food with an inappropriate texture based on his/her developmental stage (e.g., feeding primarily pureed or liquid food when the child is ready and capable of eating mashed, chopped or appropriate finger foods).

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Feeding foods to a child that could be contaminated with harmful Microorganisms: Examples of potentially harmful foods: • Unpasteurized fruit or vegetable juice. • Unpasteurized dairy products or soft cheeses such as feta, Brie, Camembert, blue-veined, and Mexican-style cheese. • Raw or undercooked meat, fish, poultry, or eggs. • Raw vegetable sprouts (alfalfa, clover, bean, and radish). • Deli meats, hot dogs, and processed meats (avoid unless heated until steaming hot).

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Routinely feeding a diet very low in calories and/or essential nutrients: Examples: • Vegan diet. • Macrobiotic diet. • Other diets very low in calories and/or essential nutrients.

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Feeding dietary supplements with potentially harmful consequences: