Feed the need: Toddlers’ nutrition often short on vitamins, minerals, but long on sugar, salt

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Feed the need: Toddlers’ nutrition often short on vitamins, minerals, but long on sugar, salt

Feeding a hungry toddler can be one of the biggest challenges parents and caregivers face every day, especially when trying to provide healthy meals quickly. Young children need a diet to provide key nutrients such as iron, calcium, vitamin C, fiber, potassium and more to grow and be healthy.

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Links: https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2019/Q1/feed-the-need-toddlers-nutrition-often-short-on-vitamins,-minerals,-but-long-on-sugar,-salt.html

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