36. DEEP DIVE: Everything You Need to Know About the Baby Formula Shortage– From the ONLY Experts Who *Actually* Matter.
Episode description
I don’t know about you, listeners, but personally I’ve found the highly politicized coverage about and around the baby formula shortage to be confusing, disconcerting, and frankly just UNHELPFUL.
So, I’m using my platform here today to chat with two ACTUAL EXPERTS in the field of neonatal and pediatric nutrition support who work relentlessly with medical teams, formula manufacturers, and with families on the frontlines (in-patient and on hospital discharge) to help us better understand how we got here; how we can stop something like this from happening in the future, and provide parents, families, and caretakers with tangible, actionable advice that’s both trustworthy and useful.
Mandi Pek, MS, RD, CSP, CDN, Clinical Nutrition Manager, and Morgan Howard, MS, RD, CNSC, CDN, Advanced Nutrition Coordinator are specialists in pediatric and neonatal nutrition at The Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital of The Mount Sinai Health System in NYC.
We discuss: Myths vs. truths about the formula shortage, and where the media falls short in covering the topic; the Defense Production Act (and what we need to know about it); top concerns Mandi & Morgan hear from parents daily, plus their answers to your pressing questions; early childhood nutrition basics - what to do (and what NOT to do) in the first year of life
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