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Linda Mirehouse, Women, Infants and Children dietitian, demonstrates how to properly measure a baby’s body length in the WIC office at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., Nov. 1, 2012. A baby’s overall health is taken into consideration when determining one’s eligibility for WIC services, which includes nutrition education, counseling, referrals, breastfeeding support and healthy food. For more information contact the WIC office at 385-3465. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Anania Tekurio/Released)

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Linda Mirehouse, Women, Infants and Children dietitian, demonstrates how to properly measure a baby’s weight in the WIC office at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., Nov. 1, 2012. WIC provides Federal grants to States for supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, and to infants and children up to age five who are found to be at nutritional risk. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Anania Tekurio/Released)

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Linda Mirehouse, Women, Infants and Childrean dietitian, demonstrates how to properly measure the diameter of a baby’s head in the WIC office at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., Nov. 1, 2012. One major type of nutrition risk that is recognized for WIC eligibility are medically-based risks such as anemia, underweight, overweight, history of pregnancy complications and poor pregnancy outcomes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Anania Tekurio/Released)

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Published Nov. 8, 2012