date:Mar 25, 2013
Researchers looked at the sodium content of more than a thousand pre-packaged meals and snacks food for babies and toddlers; 75% of them were high in sodium.
The problem with adding so much sodium to toddler foods is that they're changing the flavor of these foods, said Dr. Suzanne Loiselle, a Manhattan pediatrician. She says that creates a problem later in life when kids become adults and crave the salty foods they are used to.
Our goal in the toddler years is really to shape eating patterns