The WIC Infant and Toddler Feeding
Practices Study-2 is designed to measure the feeding practices
employed by caregivers and the nutrition outcomes of children who
participate in WIC. This change will allow FNS to collect
information on the children up to five years of age.
This is a revision to the
currently approved data collection. Currently, this collection is
approved with 5,408 burden hours and 45,077 responses. As a result
of substantive revisions due to expanding the scope of this study
to follow children through the entire period of their WIC
eligibility (Age-5 extension), FNS estimates that this collection's
inventory will increase by 6,211 burden hours and 85,079 responses
as a result of program changes. With this revision, FNS estimates
that this collection will have 11,619 burden hours and 130,156
responses.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.