Toddler Nutrition: MedlinePlus

Toddler Nutrition: MedlinePlus

MedlinePlus: Toddler Nutrition

10/30/2013 06:42 PM EDT

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Toddler Nutrition

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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.
Some things to watch for:

• Make sure your toddler gets enough iron
• Toddlers between 1 and 3 need 500 milligrams of calcium each day
• Don't feed your child seafood, peanuts or tree nuts before age 2 or 3

 

Start Here

• Nutrition Guide for Toddlers(Nemours Foundation)

 

MEDICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA  

• Age-appropriate diet for children
• Cow's milk and children

Related Topics

• Child Nutrition
• Infant and Newborn Nutrition
• Children and Teenagers
• Food and Nutrition

National Institutes of Health

• The primary NIH organization for research on Toddler Nutrition is the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Languages

• Burmese (myanmasa)
• Nepali (नेपाली)
• Spanish (español)

• Overviews

  • Healthy Eating for Preschoolers(Department of Agriculture) - PDF
  • Also available in Spanish

• Specific Conditions

  • Dietary Supplements for Toddlers(American Academy of Pediatrics)
  • Feeding Vegetarian and Vegan Infants and Toddlers(Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics)
  • Healthy Drinks for Kids(Nemours Foundation)
  • Also available in Spanish
  • Vegetarianism(Nemours Foundation)

• Related Issues

  • Be a Healthy Role Model for Children: 10 Tips for Setting Good Examples(Department of Agriculture) - PDF
  • Also available in Spanish
  • Extended Breast-Feeding: What You Need to Know(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
  • Snacks for Toddlers(Nemours Foundation)
  • Stopping the Bottle(Nemours Foundation)
  • Toddlers at the Table: Avoiding Power Struggles(Nemours Foundation)
  • When Your Toddler Doesn't Want to Eat(American Academy of Family Physicians)
  • Also available in Spanish

• Videos

  • Feeding Children the Right Message (Part 1)(Healthy Roads Media)
  • Feeding Children the Right Message (Part 2)(Healthy Roads Media)
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• Financial Issues

  • Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)(Food and Nutrition Service)
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• Clinical Trials

  • ClinicalTrials.gov: Toddler Nutrition(National Institutes of Health)
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• Journal Articles

  References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
  • Article: Nutrition-sensitive interventions and programmes: how can they help to accelerate...
  • Article: Cluster-randomized trial of infant nutrition training for caries prevention.
  • Article: Diet spanning infancy and toddlerhood is associated with child blood...
  • Article: They are what they eat? Ensuring our children get the...
  • Toddler Nutrition -- see more articles
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• Directories

  • Child Nutrition Programs by State(Food and Nutrition Service)
  • WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) State Agencies(Food and Nutrition Service)
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• Organizations

  • KidsHealth(Nemours Foundation)
  • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
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• Newsletters/Print Publications

  • Toddler Nutrition and Health Resource List(Department of Agriculture) - PDF
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• Law and Policy

  • Frequently Asked Questions about WIC(Food and Nutrition Service)
  • Also available in Spanish
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• Patient Handouts

  • Age-appropriate diet for children
  • Also available in Spanish
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