Infant Formula “Gold Standard” Should Be Breast Milk, Food Committee Says
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Breast milk should be the standard against which infant formula is measured, according to Michael Caplan, MD, Northwestern University Medical School
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