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Importance of Topic to Practice
The toddler and preschooler years (age one to five years) are critical to the formation of healthy nutrition habits as they are the foundation of children’s future diets (1-4). Nutrition education may help shape children’s developing food preferences (5-7). Parents and families have the most influence on children’s diets during these early years (2,4,8). Their feeding practices determine the availability of what food and beverages are offered, the portions sizes