Nutrition in toddlers

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Green, Robin J.

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Health and Medical Publishing Group

Abstract

This issue of CME is dedicated to nutrition and malnutrition in young children. It is an important topic in paediatric medicine and child health, because toddlers start feeding independently and lifelong feeding patterns for health are thus set in motion. Malnutrition as a result of protein or energy deficiency or chronic illness is relatively common in this age group, even in our modern world.

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Nutrition, Toddlers, Paediatric medicine, Malnutrition

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Green, RJ 2015, 'Nutrition in toddlers', South African Medical Journal, vol. 105, no. 7, pp. 603.