| ACA | Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act |
| BMI | body mass index |
| CACFP | Child and Adult Care Food Program |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| EBT | Electronic Benefits Transfer |
| ECE | early care and education |
| FITS | Nestlé Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study |
| HC2 | Healthy Caregivers–Healthy Children program |
| IFPS II | Infant Feeding Practices Study II |
| INSIGHT | Intervention Nurses Starting Infants Growing on Healthy Trajectories |
| IOM | Institute of Medicine |
| NET-Works | Now Everybody Together for Amazing and Healthful Kids Study |
| NHANES | National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey |
| NRC | National Research Council |
| SLIMTIME | SLeeping and Intake Methods Taught to Infants and Mothers Early in Life Trial |
| SNAP | Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program |
| STRIP | Special Turku Coronary Risk Factor Intervention Project for Babies |
| USDA | U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WIC | Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children |