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Darko Manevski

Formula For Fear: Infant Formula Use Triples In Ten Years As Obesity And Tooth Decay Spike

Diego Gomez drinks breast milk from a bottle during a newborn care class on February 23, 2010 in Aurora, Colorado. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Prescriptions for specialist infant formula have almost tripled in a decade, according to new research raising obesity and tooth decay fears due to the excess sugar they contain.

Rates are over ten times higher than what would be expected for the number of cases of milk allergies, according to a new study.

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