Toddler nutrition is the backbone of health in childhood and adulthood. Toddler nutrition refers to the dietary consumption of babies between the ages of one to three years. It is the foundation on which a baby's health and eating habits are built. Toddlers are at a stage where they are learning taste as their bodies deal with new dietary combinations day by day. The introduction of the child's system to new foods may lead to a biological, psychological and physical reaction from the babies hence toddler nutrition is an essential yet sensitive topic. Therefore, there is a need to understand toddler nutrition and its aspects to ensure it is accorded the importance and caution it requires.
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Firstly, Nutrition is vital to brain and physical development which occurs rapidly at the toddler stage. Physical growth includes the development of muscles, bones and coordination. Brain development requires nutrients to enable kids to grow in their cognitive aspects. Nutrition is also necessary for kids to develop an active immunity to fight illness-causing pathogens which toddlers are exposed to by great extent. Toddler nutrition is also essential to ensure children adopt good feeding habits to grow into adulthood and hence curb the bad eating habits in adults (Kivi, 2014) On the other hand; toddler nutrition ensures that toddlers can avoid nutrition-related illnesses such as obesity and …show more content…
The issue of babies developing a fondness over specific food and consuming frequently can be mitigated by offering a variety food in the toddler diet, such that they do not consume certain foods too often to get attached to them. Secondly, when babies dislike certain foods, the parent can substitute the meal with a better food with the same nutritional benefit. Also, a parent can improve the taste of the food to get the baby to like it. Body weight issues should be consulted about with pediatricians, and weight tracked with the necessary measures taken to keep the baby at the healthy weight (Moreno, Furtner, and