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The purpose of the report was to (1) review the scientific basis of current recommendations for feeding children aged 1 to 5 years, (2) consider evidence on developmental stages and other factors that influence eating behaviour and diversification of the diet in the early years and (3) make recommendations for policy, practice and research. This report was based on a comprehensive assessment of the systematic review (SR) literature and also evidence provided by the Diet and Nutrition Survey of Infants and Young Children and the National Diet Nutrition Survey. Dietary survey data indicated that the diets of children aged 1 to 5 years in the UK did not meet current dietary recommendations for several nutrients. Intakes of energy, free sugars and protein exceeded recommendations, while dietary fibre intakes were below the recommended level for this age group. Children from lower socio-economic status households or from certain ethnic groups may be at risk of inadequate intakes of Fe, Zn, vitamin A and vitamin D. SR evidence indicated that in children aged 1 to 5 years, higher free sugars intake is associated with increased dental caries, higher consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages is associated with increased risk of overweight\/obesity and higher child BMI is associated with higher risk of adult overweight\/obesity. Based on the evidence, SACN has made recommendations to improve the diets of young children in the UK.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1017\/s0029665126102250","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,27]],"date-time":"2026-02-27T04:10:24Z","timestamp":1772165424000},"page":"267-272","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/policypage","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition\u2019s report on feeding young children aged 1 to 5 years"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"85","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1443-9896","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Estella","family":"Hung","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/03sbpja79","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"Department of Health and Social Care"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rachel","family":"Elsom","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/03sbpja79","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"Department of Health and Social Care"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Adrienne","family":"Cullum","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/03sbpja79","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"Department of Health and Social Care"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"S0029665126102250_ref32","unstructured":"32. 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