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  • Fast food 'used to wean babies'

    12/02/2003 7:39:11 PM PST · by bd476 · 25 replies · 112+ views
    BBC News Online UK Edition ^ | December 2, 2003 | Alison Holt, BBC Social Affairs Correspondent
    Not suitable for a baby Parents are putting junk food such as burgers in the blender to feed to their babies, a BBC Six O'Clock News investigation has found. Some mothers said they had been told to blend up whatever they were eating to wean their child. One baby from Croydon, south London, needed hospital care for high salt levels after being weaned on instant gravy. Eight out of ten health visitors surveyed said more children are now eating an unbalanced diet. Health visitors from East Hull, Camden, East Yorkshire, Canterbury and Glasgow all reported seeing regular incidences of babies...