Start Healthy, Stay Healthy™
Our unwavering commitment to nourish a healthier generation, one baby at a time.
As a parent it's your top priority to keep your child happy and healthy. And as parents who happen to work for the makers of GERBER® products, it's ours too.
The Nestlé Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study (FITS) is a dietary intake survey of a large, cross-sectional sample of parents and caregivers that provides a snapshot of the eating patterns and nutrient intakes of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers living in the United States. Data were collected for a sample of 3,378 children age 0-4 years and provides important information on what foods are eaten at various different stages of development as children transition from an all milk diet onto the foods of the family. Nestlé FITS 2008 is an updated and expanded survey from FITS 2002 that provided dietary intake data on a sample of 3,000 infants and toddlers age 4-24 months.
Nestlé FITS 2008 reveals both progress and areas of concern in the diets of young children in the United States. The data show some positive trends versus 2002—infants are being breastfed longer and fewer infants and toddlers are consuming sweets and sweetened beverages on a given day. However, other findings are less positive—on a given day, many toddlers and preschoolers aren't eating a single serving of vegetables or fruit and they are consuming diets less than the recommended 30 to 40 percent of calories from fat. Most preschoolers are eating too much saturated fat and sodium.
This groundbreaking research created a passion to do something more. That's why we've pledged to help nourish a healthier generation, one baby at a time. Every day, we make your child's nutrition our priority by:
Conducting clinical trials and pediatric nutrition research at our Nestlé Research Center—and in more than 15 countries worldwide.
Continually improving the nutrition of our products
Providing parents and health care providers with essential feeding information and helpful tools
Offering 24/7 access to our feeding and nutrition experts
Keeping dietitians, physicians, and health care providers up-to-date with some of the latest pediatric nutrition research and tools to help their patients
Helping shape public health policy in the United States
As a parent you want the most current, reliable information to keep your child healthy. That's why we've created the
Start Healthy, Stay Healthy™ Nutrition Guide. Unlike any other resource, the Nutrition Guide offers feeding guidance, products, and healthy menus all tailored to your child's development. Go to the Nutrition Guide.