This report summarizes workshop presentations and discussions by the Institute of Medicine, Food and Nutrition Board Committee, reviewing research on the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) food packages, the third-largest food assistance program administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

This report contains the findings of a committee charged with reviewing the HIPAA privacy rule and its impact on health research. The committee found that the rule does not adequately protect the privacy of people’s personal health information and hinders important health research. It...

This IOM committee developed a concise and actionable plan for measuring the nation’s progress in obesity prevention efforts.