Gerber Challenged as USDA Releases New Dietary Guidelines

As the USDA releases new dietary guidelines today urging Americans to consume less salt and more dairy and fresh fruit, and takes public comments on its proposal to make school meals healthier, the Gerber baby food company finds itself the target of a pediatrician-led campaign as the leading producer of white rice cereal. 

While the cereal is favored by moms as a gluten-free, allergy-free meal for spoon-feeding babies, Stanford University's Dr. Alan Greene is backing a "White Out" campaign. He believes it's a high-calorie, processed white flour "sugar-like" high Glycemic Index food that sets up infants to become obese children and adults.Continue reading...