A grandmother who purchased Abbott’s PediaSure Grow and Gain for her grandson alleges Abbott deceptively markets the drink as clinically proven to increase children’s height.
Joanne Noriega on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, filed a complaint May 15 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against Abbott Laboratories alleging violation of New York Business Law and other claims.
Noriega, according to her complaint, purchased PediaSure Grow and Gain Vanilla and Strawberry drinks for her eight-year-old grandson. She claims that after a year of drinking two PediaSure drinks per day, her grandson was still “short for his age” and that he had become so overweight, he had to stop drinking the PediaSure.