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Healthy Baby Snacks On The Go – Get Inspired!

Healthy Baby Snacks On The Go – Get Inspired!

Baby Care
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Jan 5, 2021
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When your baby is hungry in between meals, think about nutrition and balance as you do with main meals. Avoid high-sugar, low-nutrient snacks. Even when you’re out and about, you can have healthy, balanced mini meals in your diaper bag with just a little planning. Here are 5 ideas to get you started.

Healthy baby snacks

Sources

 

Duyff, RL (2017). Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Complete food and nutrition guide (5th ed.). Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

 

Shelov SP & Altmann TR (Eds.). (2009). American Academy of Pediatrics. The complete and authoritative guide Caring for your baby and young child birth to age 5 (5th ed.). USA: Bantam Books.

 

World Health Organization. Guideline: Sugars intake for adults and children. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2015.

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