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Nutrient intake and vegetable consumption by toddlers
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Why is it important?
Provides levels of nutrient intake and vegetable consumption across race/ethnicities by toddlers. Nutrient intakes exceed recommendations, except for potassium, dietary fiber and vitamin D. Vegetable intake, including consumption of starchy vegetables such as white potatoes, is far below recommendations.
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This article provides a quantitative assessment of toddlers' vegetable consumption.
Dr Maureen L Storey
Alliance for Potato Research and Education
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This page is a summary of: Nutrient Intakes and Vegetable and White Potato Consumption by Children Aged 1 to 3 Years, Advances in Nutrition, January 2016, American Society for Nutrition,
DOI: 10.3945/an.115.008656.
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