Healthy snacks and drinks for toddlers: a qualitative study of caregivers’ understanding of expert recommendations and perceived barriers to adherence

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    As a result, experts recommend serving fruits or vegetables at most snacking occasions while avoiding highly processed foods, including salty snacks and snacks with added sugars. In contrast, few studies have examined caregivers` understanding or attitudes regarding healthy snack recommendations for toddlers, including their perceptions and beliefs about the provision of sweet and salty snack foods and the reasons for the less frequent provision of fruits and vegetables as snacks. The most common barriers to serving both healthier drinks and snacks to toddlers focused on perceptions of their child`s strong preferences for sugary . . .

     

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