Infant Formula: Fast Food for Babies

Abstract

 WIC: Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and
Children; AAP: American Academy of Pediatrics.
Pediatric obesity is a declared epidemic with enormous consequences.1,2 There are
many risk factors for being overweight, including frequent consumption of fast food. Fast food
is cheap, calorie-dense, and easily accessible. Infant formulas closely resemble some of these
characteristics and thus may contribute to expansion of pediatric obesity epidemic.