Nutrition News

Information About Perchlorate

Recent media attention has focused on the presence of trace levels of perchlorate in powdered infant formula. The quality and safety of our products are our highest priority. Continue >

Mead Johnson Nutritionals and University of North Carolina
Collaborate to Create Center for Excellence in Children's Nutrition

Mead Johnson Nutritionals and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have joined in a three-year initiative designed to facilitate the transformation basic research into innovative pediatric nutrition products. Continue >

Effects of Neonatal and Infant Feeding on Bone Density at 4 Years

It is unknown if bone density varies in childhood between breastfed and formula fed infants, or if feeding infants formulas containing palm olein oil alters bone mineralization in childhood. This study was designed to determine if such a difference in infant feeding in the first 4 months of life have an effect on overall bone mineral density and content at 4 years of age. Continue >

Efficacy of a Pre-thickened Infant Formula: A Multicenter, Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Parallel Group Trial in 104 Infants with Symptomatic Gastroesophageal Reflux

The objective of the current study was to evaluate rigorously the efficacy of Enfamil AR in young infants with regurgitant GER. Continue >

Different Levels of Docosahexaenioc Acid (DHA) in Formula Affect Red Blood Cell DHA Levels in Term Infants

To access the effects of different levels of formula DHA on RBC DHA levels of infants, we conducted a multi-center, double-blind, prospective study...Fatty acids in blood lipid fractions were analyzed by capillary gas chromatography at 120 days of age. Continue >