The ITF’s toddler food tracker, Tot It Up, has found that children who were at home while their nurseries were closed tended to eat bananas, apples, grapes and berries as snacks. Dough-based items, including scones, bagels and buns, were not served as much as a snack.
There was also good news at breakfast time with a third (33 per cent) of young children starting their day with wheat biscuits, such as Weetabix. Sugar or chocolate coated cereal was only being served six per cent of the time.
Other findings include:
Unfortunately, data collected from more than 256 Tot It Up users revealed that some foods are more likely to be served in the incorrect portion size than others. Almost half (48 per cent) of meals or snacks served to toddlers are either too large or too small. Crisps, for example, were served in too large a portion 75 per cent of the time.
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