NU FS356 Quiz: Toddler Development

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Nutrition and Food Sciences
• Course: NU FS356
• Professor: Mazurak Vera

Document Summary

A toddler is defined as a child from age 1 3 years old. This is an important time to establish healthy eating food preference and eating habits. This decreased interest comes from the fact that there is so much they want to see and explore their appetite goes down. They are also scared of new things including food. Issues in reaction to food that toddlers face at meal time. There is the issue of genetic predispositions for preferences towards sweet or salty for example. Neophobia, the fear of anything new, in reference to new foods is a big one for kids. We can also expect them to have unpredictable likes and dislikes of foods. For example, one day they (cid:449)ill reall(cid:455) like a food and then the ne(cid:454)t da(cid:455) the(cid:455) (cid:449)on"t like it. Another big thing we have to keep in mind is the distractibility of the toddlers.