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 ...
 






