Concerns With Early Universal Iron Supplementation of Breastfeeding Infants

We have major concerns about universal iron supplementation at 4 months in breastfeeding infants, as recommended by Baker, Greer, and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Committee on Nutrition.1 We point out that as a clinical recommendation for millions of infants, supplementary iron drops beginning at 4 months of age is inconsistent with previous recommendations from the AAP.2,–,4.The only supportive data for this recommendation come...