Should Toddlers Be on a Low-Fat Veggie Diet?
Nutrition Hotline is a column written by Reed Mangels, PhD, RD and it runs in each issue of Vegetarian Journal published by The Vegetarian Resource Group. In a recent issue, Reed answered the question: “Our family is transitioning to a low-fat (15% of calories) plant-based diet. Our 1-year-old daughter’s pediatrician did not think this was a good idea for a toddler and wanted us to add olive oil to her non-dairy milk. Should our daughter be on this low-fat diet? If not, are there alternatives to adding oil to her milk since we’d prefer to use whole foods?”
To read the answer to this question, see:
http://www.vrg.org/journal/vj2016issue1/2016_issue1_nutrition_hotline.php
You can find some helpful materials from The Vegetarian Resource Group on feeding young vegan children here:
http://www.vrg.org/nutshell/kids.php
and here: http://www.vrg.org/family/tips_for_young_vegans.php.
To subscribe to Vegetarian Journal, visit:
http://www.vrg.org/member/2013sv.php
