And I will continue to provide evidence based education despite the hate emails ✌🏻 It may be common knowledge that omega-3’s are important healthy fatty acids to include in children’s diets for overall health and brain development, but did you know that fat (yes, even saturated fat) and cholesterol are not something you need to be concerned about limiting in your child’s diet under the age of two years? The current Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend fat to be unrestricted in the first two years of life. “Eating healthy for most children doesn't mean following adult goals for cutting back on total fat, saturated fat, trans fat, and cholesterol, particularly for children younger than 2 years.” - American Academy of Pediatrics Lipids are considered the most important energy source in the infant diet and are necessary for normal growth and physical activity. Human milk, in which most of the energy is present as fat, provides a relatively high cholesterol intake as well. Mother's milk and infant formula supply 40–50% of their energy as fat (Fidler et al. 1998). #blw #babynutrition #infantnutrition #infantnutritionist #babynutritionist #pediatricdietitian #dietitianforbaby #babyledwean #babyfeeding