Salmon Baby Food? Babies Need Omega-3s and a Taste for Fish, Scientist Says
Date: 10.9.2010
Has your toddler eaten fish today? A University of Illinois food science professor has two important reasons for including seafood in your young child's diet, reasons that have motivated her work in helping to develop a tasty, nutritious salmon baby food for toddlers.
"First, babies need a lot of the omega-3 fatty acids found in fish for brain, nerve, and eye development, and when they switch from breast milk or formula to solid food, most of them don't get nearly enough," said Susan Brewer, also a registered dietitian.
"Second, children's food preferences are largely developed by the time they're five, so I urge parents to help their kids develop a taste for seafood early," she said.
By Phyllis Picklesimer
Source:
http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/news/stories/news5352.html
Original paper:
Effect of Inclusion of Salmon Roe on Characteristics of Salmon Baby Food Products F.A. Desantos, P. Bechtel, S. Smiley, M.S. Brewer Volume 75, Issue 4, pages S231-S236, May 2010
