An overview of the dietary needs of preschooleres from Virginia Cooperative.
Kids usually balance their calorie intake to their needs.
For children who are growing normally, don't worry about appetite ups and downs. According to a new report, reducing children's fat intake to prevent heart disease later in life can start before age 2 without harming their brains. This contradicts current U.S. guidelines, which recommend against restricting fat intake before age 2, largely out of concern that fat deficiency could impair proper development of children's rapidly growing brains. Our food habits begin to develop the day we are born and each one of us learns at an early age which foods we like and dislike. Young children learn by watching others and this applies to their eating habits as well.