NEWPORT NEWS -- Beginning October 1, thousands of low-income women, infants and children will have healthier options at the grocery store
The got a menu makeover and now includes fruits, vegetables and whole grains.
WIC vouchers pay for the milk, eggs, frozen juice and cereal that Lakesha Freeman buys for two sons.
On Thursday, the program will pay for fruits and vegetables, whole grains, baby food and canned fish.
"It's great. You can get a healthier selection, more variety of things to choose from than we had at first," Freeman says.
The change is designed to make it easier for moms to make healthier choices for themselves and their children.
The change is long overdue, says Peninsula Health District Director Dr. David Trump.
"A lot of the effort is to increase healthier foods through food choices and decrease the dependence on foods that are high in fats and sodium."
