Building healthy eating habits
By the time children are about a year old, they begin to need a more varied diet containing whole foods. Calorie needs increase from about 1000 calories a day at age one, to about 1400 by age 5. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), as a rough guideline, toddlers between the ages of one and three need about 40 calories for every inch of height.
Nutritional Needs of Young Children. Children over the age of two . . .