Infant Formula: Fast Food for Babies

Authors

  • Samir Softic

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.

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Published

2015-08-03

How to Cite

Samir Softic. (2015). Infant Formula: Fast Food for Babies. Pediatrics and Neonatal Nursing, 2(2), 72–74. Retrieved from https://openventio.us/index.php/PNN/article/view/537

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Vol. 2 No. 2 (2015): Volume 2 Issue 2 2015

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