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
- Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
- Children and Teenagers
- Food and Nutrition
- 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 ...