Nutritional Needs

Infant

• Breast milk or infant formula contains all the nutrients required.

1 – 3 Years

• Increased need in all vitamins, excluding Vitamin D.
• Same need for calcium, phosphorus and iron.
• Increased need for all the other minerals excluding zinc.

4 – 6 Years

• Increased need fro protein.
• Increased need for all the vitamins (excluding Vitamin C and Vitamin D).
• Increased need for all the minerals (excluding iron).

7 – 10 Years

• Dramatic increase in energy and protein need.
• Increased requirement for most of the vitamins and minerals (excluding Vitamin B₁, Vitamin C and Vitamin A).

11 – 14 Years

• Energy and protein requirements increase by approximately 50%.
• Increased need for most of the vitamins and minerals.

*Department of Health, Dietary Reference Values for Food, Energy & Nutrients for the United Kingdom, HMSO, 1991. SACN Vitamin D & Health, 2016.