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Mead Johnson Drops Chocolate-Flavored Enfagrow After Parent Uproar Over Sugar Content

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health, children, parenting, kids, nutrition, obesity, babies, sugar, sugar-addiction, mead-johnson, enfagrow
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Mead Johnson Still Sells Vanilla Enfagrow to Toddlers, Feeding Obesity Epidemic, Say Nutritionists

Parents and nutritionists are up in arms about a line of designer toddler drinks containing mostly milk and sugar that are aimed at children as young as 1 year old.

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But the company still intends to sell its vanilla-flavored Enfagrow, which has 16 to 17 grams of sugar overall, and three other unflavored versions with 10 to 11 grams, targeting so-called "picky eaters" who could use a nutritional supplement.

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Getting babies started on chocolate flavoring might be contrary to fighting the obesity problem, but they still have vanilla!

    Reply#1 - Fri Jun 11, 2010 7:58 AM EDT
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