looked at infant feeding practices during the baby formula shortage, which was caused by a combination of pandemic-era supply chain issues and a recall of Abbott Nutrition baby formula.
Abbott provides over 40% of baby formula in the U.S., and at the time the survey was conducted, in May 2022, some states had 90% out-of-stock rates. Researchers found that unsafe feeding practices — which included"watering down formula, using expired formula, using homemade formula or using human milk from informal sharing resources" — climbed from 8% before the shortage to nearly 50% during peak shortage.
"Using expired formula is unsafe because the nutrients in the formula can degrade over time, and so that in itself can interfere with infant growth and development," the study's lead author, Jennifer Smilowitz, told Salon."Acquiring human milk informally — so this is milk sharing, whether online or with friends and family, versus acquiring pasteurized donor milk — is unsafe, because it can introduce health and safety risks."
"These practices may seem harmless when we think of an adult diet, but we need to remember that infants require a very specific balance of nutrients to grow and develop," she added.Men with higher cardiorespiratory fitness have a lower risk of dying from lung, colon or prostate cancers, as well as a lower chance of developing lung or colon cancers in the first place,
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