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Food provides the energy and nutrients that young children need to be healthy. Toddlers are learning to feed themselves and to eat new foods. They should eat a variety of foods from all of the food groups.
Each day, toddlers need enough nutrients, including
- 7 milligrams of iron
- 700 milligrams of calcium
- 600 IU of vitamin D
Latest News
- Toddlers Who Drink Cow's Milk Alternatives May Be Shorter (06/07/2017, HealthDay)
Related Issues
- Be a Healthy Role Model for Children: 10 Tips for Setting Good Examples (Department of Agriculture) - PDF Also in Spanish
- Children's Nutrition: Tips for Picky Eaters (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Extended Breast-Feeding: What You Need to Know (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Snacks for Toddlers (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
- Stopping the Bottle (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
- Toddlers at the Table: Avoiding Power Struggles (Nemours Foundation)
- When Your Toddler Doesn't Want to Eat (American Academy of Family Physicians) Also in Spanish
Specifics
- Dietary Supplements for Toddlers (American Academy of Pediatrics) Also in Spanish
- Feeding Vegetarian and Vegan Infants and Toddlers (Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics)
- Healthy Drinks for Kids (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
- Vegetarianism (Nemours Foundation)
Clinical Trials
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Toddler Nutrition
(National Institutes of Health)
Journal Articles References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
Reference Desk
- Toddler Nutrition and Health Resource List (Department of Agriculture) - PDF
Find an Expert
- KidsHealth (Nemours Foundation)
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National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Also in Spanish
- School Meals Contacts by State (Food and Nutrition Service)
Patient Handouts
- Feeding patterns and diet -- children 6 months to 2 years (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish