The problems in children with toddler diarrhoea often start following acute gastroenteritis. Instructed to prevent dehydration parents persistently offer clear liquid and therefore start a vicious cycle of dietary restrictions and continuing diarrhoea. A greater awareness of modern treatment of acute gastroenteritis with oral rehydration solutions to combat dehydration followed by rapid resumption of normal feeding 3–4 hours after rehydration will prevent toddler diarrhoea starting in many potential
Toddler health will benefit from widely accepted nutritional recommendations. A consensus on dietary fat and fibre will pave the road to practical recommendations. Not in the least these will have to include lifestyle related aspects.