This session is on Practicing Food Studies. It will be at 5;00 p.m. Details to come.
by Marion Nestle
May
5
2008
Soy infant formulas: OK but nothing special?
The American Academy of Pediatrics has just issued an updated assessment of the benefits and risks of soy infant formulas. Its conclusion: soy formulas are fine for full-term infants and hardly ever cause problems but they also are hardly ever needed as a replacement for cow’s milk formulas. Never mind which is better. Breast feeding is still best of all.